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Yet another quality release in time for Christmas by Superior Software, this time in association with Acornsoft. Your mission, as Commander John Stryker, is to fight your way through enemy lines to HQ. In reality, this means travelling from left to right across a scrolling landscape avoiding enemy soldiers, landmines and bombs from enemy helicopters and planes.

You can jump, duck, run, fire a pistol and throw grenades. You can also commandeer abandoned aircraft and helicopters to speed you on your way, but watch out for enemy aircraft. The graphics are the best part of the game; all the figures are drawn cartoon-style and even the larger aircraft are smoothly animated. The background of ruined buildings and othe features are very well drawn, though they play no direct part in the game.

I felt that Stryker's Run was slightly disappointing in terms of originality but, as always with Superior, the actual game has been very well written. The package includes an enhanced Master version with some superb graphics, though the game is essentially the same. Overall, perhaps not Superior's best release this year, but still well above the standard of most other games.