Some C64 games lack imagination and are just carbon copies of much tried and tested arcade games. This probably satisfies some people, but if you are looking for originality, don't buy Sprite Man - yet another version of Pac-Man complete with a muncher in a maze with dots, energy pills, fruits, four ghosts.

It is difficult to think of anything new to say about such an arcade classic. The graphics and colour are not bad; but they don't fully exploit the potential of the C64. The muncher moves exceptionally fast and great difficulty was experienced in negotiating corners and junctions on the maze, which degraded the playability of the game. In summary? A just-about-adequate version of the arcade game. But in our opinion, not a patch on the (recently withdrawn) Jelly Monsters cartridge on the Vic.