Another Microdeal release, and although not one of their best games, this is still the best version of Skramble availabfe for the Dragon 32 and plays almost as well as the arcade version.

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The graphics are smooth if not complex, and the scrolling landscape goes by at the "correct" rate. The controls (bomb, fire, left, right, up and down) can be handled by joystick or keyboard, and the game, after the relatively short load, is gripping and addictive.

The only problem with this game is that some of the screens are disappointing copies, most notably wave three (the meteors) which I found the most difficult in the arcades.

In this version of the game however, instead of many fiery meteors hurtling across the screen we are "treated" to two meteors at a time, limping across the screen... Gone is the need to stay low and forwards; you can actually navigate between these fireballs with surprising ease!!

All the waves are present though; the opening hills, the space-ships, the fireballs, the city and the maze to the final base. The trouble is that when you have mastered this game, it is no longer limitless, for, as difficulty increases and fuel disappears more rapidly, there is a run where it is *impossible* to survive, even if all fuel bases are shot!!

All things considered though, it looks as though this is going to remain the best Skramble type game for the Dragon.