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If you're looking for a fast and furious game to test your reactions, this could be it. The plot's familiar enough - as Mutant Monty, a little guy with a big hooter, you rush around each board collecting all the pots of gold and avoiding the nasties before you can go through the exit leading to the next of the 40 boards.

The graphics make excellent use of the bright colours available on the CPC464. The rooms are imaginatively named and contain a bewildering variety of moving objects which will cost you one of your five lives if you bump into them. There are bunnies, a computer, drops of slime ( yuk!) and more.

Dodging these sprites, Which are all moving in different directions at different speeds, requires careful timing.

The choice of keys is poor and takes some getting used to. (Why don't all games allow user-definable keys?) Press a key once to start Monty moving; keep it pressed and he speeds up, so be careful you don't go charging into the back of a baddy.

The Keys 1,2 and 3 have undocumented functions. I'll let you experiment, but you'll be glad to know that one of them shuts off the incredibly boring music.

A nice touch is the demo mode which shows a variable selection of the dangers you have to pass before you get to the damsel waiting to be rescued at the end.

Overall an excellent game, but oldies with slow reactions who can't pass the first few screens may prefer to stick with games like Roland In Time where they can choose different starting points