This review is of a standard game and, unfortunately, I did not even have the usual Quickbeam sheet that accompanies their games. When I first tried Galactic Gus I absolutely hated it. I was losing all of my eight lives within seconds of starting and felt very dejected.

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Having persisted with it I am hooked on it and spend quite a lot of time trying to sort out the many problems facing Gus, the fighter pilot who is searching for fuel pods to refuel his fighter so that he can rejoin the Spaceship Dragon. He is seated on a rocket chair and has to be steered round laser doors, creatures and other surprises.

This is not a zap-'em type game but one has to be very skillful to avoid the creatures on many of the 215 screens as you move through the maze trying to find fuel. The type of maze involved is not too unlike The Dark Pit. There are also bananas and small white objects, and I have seen a key (but can't yet reach it) which must be taken to the keyhole to reach further screens.

Once you have mastered how to avoid the creatures, try Invisible Land where you can see the creatures but Gus is invisible. For the hackers there is a combination to be entered to get further.

The graphics on Galactic Gus are nothing special at all but for £4 you are presented with a series of challenges which will keep even the most adept busy for many hours. Not a classic game but certainly good value for money and containing a variety of problems some of which I have not even come across.

First printed in Dragon Update.