Teddy. Ah, a nice, innocent gentle game, you think, away from all that violence. If that's the sort of game you were hoping for. I'm afraid you will be disappointed. It all starts off innocently enough with "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" being played, but this Teddy is the sort of Teddy that kills all your other soft toys!

The object of the game is to move your Teddy around the screen killing water snakes. But to kill them you must bite them on the behind! (This ruins the image of a Teddy being a lovable, cuddly animal). If Teddy misses and bites the snake in the middle, the snake becomes two snakes. If the snake bites Teddy, he looses a life. There are also goodies left behind by the picnickers which Teddy has to gobble up for bonuses. Picnic baskets etc. (Eat your heart out Yogi Bear).

After each stage the last line of the Teddy Bears' Picnic is played and Teddy goes on to the next stage with different coloured and more intelligent snakes.

The graphics and sound effects are good and the game has a brilliant high score table. I have one small complaint, however: the high score table and the instructions are a little blurred. It's the choice of screen and ink colour.

Anyway Teddy is "better than the average game".