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Percy the penguin has been rapped by Growler the polar bear. You, Eddie the Eskimo, must free him from his predicament and take him to safety, but you must make haste for time is running out fast. If you succeed, you must then help Percy defend himself from the deadly Snowbugs who attack from all directions. To avoid them, Percy must push the ice blocks out of his way and into the path of the snowbugs to escape, but the snowbugs keep on getting nastier and nastier.

You have three lives to complete the whole game, the idea being to get a high a score as possible. The game incorporates three joystick options and one keyboard option plus the option of a demonstration mode. This mode I found gave little or no idea of how to play the game. The graphics depicting Percy and Eddie simply stayed in one place until they had lost the game. The graphics, although reasonable, were a disappointment after the colourful title page shown during loading.

Operation keys are well placed and most of the game is easy to pick up despite lack of instructions. I found the second stage far more challenging than the first and would even go so far as to say it was impossible without previous knowledge to win. There is a high score to be incorporated in the program but to get your name on the table you must attain a minimum score. Eskimo Eddie was interesting to begin with but I quickly lost interest.