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Bully for Anirog! Never having succeeded in finding a half-decent version of Galaxians for my Vic-20, my patience (and yours?) has been rewarded with this winner for the C64. After the mode has been selected, one or two players, the program presents a black screen, with a separate section for all the necessary read-outs to the left.

Before your very eyes the red and blue fighters, joined by purple motherships form an attacking formation. Not only do they swerve and swoop but bank and veer and whatever else galactic aliens are prone to do; full marks for sprite-aided acrobatics. Of course the little blighters drop bombs whilst the motherships also display a tendency to sally forth with tractor beams.

Special screens are included, with no bombs to avoid: just hurtling formations of the enemy to zap for bonus points. Competent sonics accompany the battle, but the action is engrossing enough to need hardly more than splats! One small whine: not too keen on small blue objects on black backgrounds. Otherwise A1. With 100 stages it should be adored by all space fans.