If you have just returned from your summer holidays and next year's feel rather a long way off, here is a program for the Commodore 64 from Diane Sketchly of Sawbridgeworth in Herts which will whisk you straight back to the Costa del Sol.

You take the part of a flamboyantly dressed matador in this (thankfully) less bloodthirsty than normal version of a bullfight.

As you enter the arena, red cloak in hand, the bull who has been sitting quietly in his pen becomes angered at your presence and starts to charge at you. Although much larger than you, he is considerably more agile and moves across the scren much faster than you do. Your only means of escape is to dodge behind various objects which have been thrown into the bull ring by the audience - these objects will make the bull bounce back into one of the corners. They do, however, also have the effect of putting you back to the starting position, so your best bet is to hide behind one of the objects and wait for the bull to charge straight into it. In this way it is possible to make your way towards the bull pen, which is the aim of the game.

The game uses some very convincing sprite graphics and these is a little Spanish musical intro to set the atmosphere.