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Terrahawks is supposed to be based on the TV series by Gerry Anderson, I say supposed because apart from the name I cannot really see any connection with the puppet show.

The game opens with a quite impressive sequence as stars rush by your rocket ship as you descend into a black hole. The only problem with this part of the action is that you have no control over it, whatever you do you descend into the black hole. The object seems to be to find the vortex of the black hole and fly into it whilst avoiding the 'green monoliths' that line the black hole. I spent quite a bit of time flying around the black hole looking for the vortex but was unable to locate it, the instructions are not very clear and I really wasn't sure if I was playing correctly or just that the game is too difficult. Certainly the graphics are well done with the view out of the space ship lined with all your instrument panels which were quite detailed and all seem to represent something but still I really couldn't work out what was happening. The 'green monoliths' were a bit of a disappointment being only 3D rectangles that just sort of sat there as green monoliths are prone to do waiting to be shot at or avoided.

I somehow got the impression with this game that the programmer knew what he was doing, with a nice opening menu and display sequence and well laid out screen display but the story line seems to have got left by the wayside. On the assumption that the programming is the hardest part to do it is a pity that a bit more effort didn't got into the action itself.