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It has been six years since you took on the alien armada single-handedly in an attempt to save the universe. You managed to destroy their asteroid bases and turned the motherships into expanding clouds of vapour.

You stole certain valuable pieces of hardware for your trusty old ship and retired to the planet Sloar - which is inhabited by small furry animals - to spend your last few years playing sport simulations and arcade games.

But you have become restless and yearn for the thrill of battle against incredible odds - you must be stupid. But guess what? - the Intergalactic Federation needs your help in saving the universe - again!

The enemy - unspecified by the cassette inlay - has captured the second most strategically important planet this side of the Sanvolgrani Rift.

You have to fly your super-sleek Quariad class stealth fighter over the surface of the planet and destroy as many of the enemy ships as you can.

Not a very original storyline perhaps, but the actual game has had a little more thought put into it.

The action takes place on two screens which show plan and side-on views of your ship simultaneously. By watching both screens and controlling the ship that appears in each, you negotiate a tricky route through all the levels.

All movement is executed via the joystick plugged into port one. Controlling both ships takes some getting used to because up and down move one while left and right move the other.

Two excellent pieces of music have been written for the game and the sound effects are of a high standard.

The game is very playable and great fun. The perspective caused me some confusion at times and there were several occasions whien I wasn't sure which collision wiped me out.