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Whilst not being totally alone in nature, this game offers features which make its playing enjoyable if not compelling.

The program loads well and opens with sensibly laid out and uncomplicated instructions; these include the offer of joystick option which I preferred. Within the playing area are found blocks around which you, as a red bird, are pursued by aliens called 'spods'. The blocks when pushed by you either move or crumble, when moved any unfortunate spot in their way is crushed.

Spods can be temporarily immobilised following their contact with the outer boundaries after suitable energising by you, they can then be trampled on and eliminated. Bonuses are awarded throughout the multi-screen format of the game for time lapsed and for the lining up of suitably marked blocks in a manner prescribed.

Given the confines of my progression I did not find later screens relatively more difficult neither could I rate the graphics more than above average in quality.

Although only 'high score' was illustrated the aim of the game being to kill spods and accrue points still had me re-incarnating and coming back for more.