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Diamonds is a game which gives you the identify of Digger Dan who is digging for the great white diamond, but it is not that easy. There are six other characters all out to get Dan, each with its own idiosyncracies.

There are sixteen levels, each of four sheets, the last level reveals the great white diamond. The playing screen has several layers of differently shaded brown soil, scattered with glowing diamonds, rocks, and underground walls. You control Dan using the joystick digging on the way. To score points you collect diamonds, if you return them to the surface you get a bonus for each diamond. You can also get extra points by killing the other characters. This is done by crushing them under a rock you have undermined. If you get squashed by a rock or caught you wing your way up to heaven accompanied by a short rendition of "When The Saints Come Marching In".

Diamonds is a colourful game with good quality sound. A pleasant change to the familiar invader-type game. The cassette also comes with an offer to enter a competition which has a real diamond, a trophy, and free software as a prize.