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With the arcade trend rushing back into the market, Bug-Byte have decided to jump on the bandwagon with their own unofficial version of Moon Buggy.

Moon Buggy or rather Jeep Command was in the arcade a good few years back, so many of you may not know much about it. For those of you who don't, here is a quick run through.

You take control of an army jeep and must travel safely back to base through enemy territory. But all the way, there are problems you must face. These may come in any form from bombs to balloons.

To avoid these, and other such troubles, you can jump over them, but how high do you need to jump? Well, you'll have to work that one out yourself, but I can tell you that the faster you go, the higher you'll jump.

But, as the saying goes, jumping doesn't get you anywhere! You're going to need fast fingers too as bombs are not easily jumped!

To complete the game you have to get through fifteen odd different sectors, which isn't going to be easy because after one night's solid play I'm stuck on sector seven! Bug-Byte have, with people like me in mind, stuck in a bit of help in the form of an option which lets you start from the same position that you left off when you score over 50,000.

And to show all cynics that I really am a warm-hearted person, I will return the favour by putting out a plea on Bug-Byte's behalf: does anyone out there know how to write a high-score facility. 'Cause Bug-Byte obviously don't'. (Call yourself a software house?)

Apart from that, I only really have one other gripe about the game. I found it quite difficult to believe that a tiny balloon or even a pebble could knock over a four-wheel drive jeep, be it Land-Rover or Suzuki.

Enough moaning because I like this game. It brought back the nostalgia of when a game was a game and the biggest problem you had to work out was how to stop the joystick from becoming too sweaty. A fun game with some great tunes. It's worth its tag.