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Another game requiring a fair amount of travelling backwards and forwards to get various objects is Firebird's latest adventure in their £1.99 Silver range, Imagination.

This starts with you finding an old, unnamed disc in your local computer shop. Taking it home and running it on your computer, you find a menu appearing on the screen. Four options are displayed and keying in your choice transports you into that scenario. The sensible and logical selection of ONE will give you a hint to your mission.

The first scene will take you to a spaceship, supposedly of gigantic proportions but with apparently only eight accessible locations. The second produces a frozen landscape with an imposing citadel, that you must find out how to enter. Again with a limited number of locations.

The third takes you to a world containing malevolent sprites, grim mines and, if you have played many ladders and platforms games, the distinct feeling that you have been here before.

The final option is a deserted airport at Margate where there is an ancient tank, an aged bomber and a seventh dan black belt Japanese soldier who disputes your right of passage.

If at any time you want to return to sanity, sitting in front of your computer, just type PINCH ARM and you are back in the opening sequence, all set to enter another one of the worlds. It will become obvious very quickly that to solve any of the puzzles you must zip backwards and forwards between the four sections - to get items which will be useful elsewhere.

The concept of four totally different sections linked in this way is interesting. This game could represent good value for money for the beginner even though there are not many locations to explore.

The puzzles are logical and reasonably obvious, but the depth of interest is not likely to be maintained for the more experienced player.