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It's the future, again. And it's not nice, again. Drug runners are - well, running their drugs openly in the street. The police in their wisdom decide it might be a good idea to use people that no-one would miss much - ex-criminals - to chase after them.

You, of course, are one of these criminals. And you've got a big whizzy hovercar to race around in, replete with a laser to blast the hell out of the crims. On each level of Resolution 101, your major target is one important drug runner who swans about in a huge orange souped-up hoverthing and stops off at various buildings to do his stuff. He has assorted henchmen and bodyguards to protect him, who don't hesitate to fire at you. These are your first targets. When shot, they drop drugs canisters. You need to collect a certain number of these - on the first level, it's ten - before you can go after Mr Big (as he's affectionately known).

The landscape is viewed in 3D and scrolls around at a scare-making rate. Buildings are the main, not to say overwhelming, feature of the world, though there are rivers, trees and suchlike occasionally too - together with the other ships, of course. The display is fast, to say the least, but the techniques used to achieve this mean some of the enemies appear squashed and very bitmapped close up. Sound effects and music are passable - that is, you want to pass them right by.

For £8, this is a snip. Not so long ago it was being hailed as a megagame in certain quarters. Unfortunately, though, not in the public one - nobody bought it. Nevertheless, it's great for a manic high-speed blast. If you're sick of playing simple platform games on budget, try this. Soon you'll be sick of this too. But then what do you expect for that price?

1. Definitely faster graphics than Encounter and the gameplay's far more interesting.