An adaptation of Defender which will only prove suitable for those able to cope with ultra hectic everything-happening-everywhere-simultaneously scenarios. A black horizontally expanded screen (the Vic can still teach the C64 a trick or two!) at first displays two yellow, bomb dropping mega-insects, just out of range of your red wedge-shaped interceptor soon to stalwartly defend the purple humans cowering in their burrows.

Only two? Yes, but as the green landers scoop up specimens of homo-sapiens and, perchance evading your withering laser fire, reach the top of the screen they will mutate to increase the insects' numbers. Soon yellow pods will appear, despatched by the insects, only to engender cyan spreaders which vastly increase the shower of bombs raining from above; in fact there comes a time when the picture resembles a technicolour snowstorm.

After a few trial runs, you get down to business, the addictive quality of the game will dawn on you... simply this... surely you can contain the situation without the whole thing careering beyond your control... next time.

Comprehensive instructions precede the main program which features sixteen speed levels, thumping, pulsating noises, "howling" wind effects and an interesting screen display. If you fancy a challenge demand a demo of Insector.