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Steg is a slug with a porpoise. And a purpose. The porpoise is a stuffed toy called Belinda that he keeps at home in a cupboard for those emotional moments. Steg's purpose is to feed a clutch of sluglets. To keep this happy band from snuffing it, he has to transport some tasty worms up through a network of vertically-scrolling tunnels to the babies' nest.

Cursed as Steg is with a complete lack of useful appendages, he employs that well-known sluggy trait of blowing bubbles. The bubbles trap the worms, which are then sent floating to their doom. This is easy-peasy to start with, but on later levels you have to take things in stages.

Power icons litter the floors so you get such strange benefits as bionic legs and an extremely handy jet pack to aid you in your task.

A refreshingly bizarre game with some splendidly moist graphics, Steg is at first just a case of learning where to stand to blow those bubbles, but as you progress through the ten levels you find narrow tunnels and spiky ceilings conspiring against you.

Very playable, but with little lasting appeal - you can complete the first three levels in an hour - it's a pleasant enough way to while away an unpleasant rainy afternoon.