When it comes down to it, squash consists of shutting yourself inside a large plastic box with another person and a high-velocity rubber ball which spends most of its time out of your line of sight - a bit like the old school game Dodgeball, except for money and without the silly nicknames.

In this comprehensive game, you get the opportunity to take on the world's best players, the world's worst players or your best friend, who, of course, may belong to one of these groups. Or not. There are several options to deal with if you fancy taking the sport sim route rather than the quick race-around-the-quadrangle approach - ball speed, tournaments, a choice of rules and so on. But no matter how long you spend tripping through the colourful menus, you've got to step into the plastic box and brave the flying bungy.

Well, the menus are brilliant. And the game? Well, that's a bit dubious. Until you get your bearings it seems to consist entirely of winning points on services, leaving you plenty of time to appreciate the nifty animation and smashing touches such as the little players legging it across the court to retrieve a dead ball. The problem isn't with the controls - it's just that the action's so fast you really have to be on your toes.

It's almost as if the game was designed with the precognitive element of society in mind - if you want to cross the court in time, you have to be in motion before the ball hits the wall and rebounds. Still, once you've got into the swing of things it's jolly good fun battling around the place and accidentally jumping in front of your opponent at difficult moments.

You might not enjoy ST squash as much as ST tennis, but, as a whole new ball game, it's a decent enough number.