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In this, the second in the Star Wars trilogy, Luke Skywalker finds himself on the ice planet of Hoth, battling against Darth Vader's evil Empire. In the first stage, you fly around in your snowspeeder destroying all the probots in your path. From there, you move on to fight the AT-ATs, fly through space avoiding giant asteroids, and then, finally, onto the last level where you must seek out and destroy the great giant asteroid itself.

Like the first game in the series, The Empire Strikes Back uses wireframe graphics to good effect. Although a little slow, the animation is smooth and the perspective works very well. The giant walkers, a memorable sight in the film, are particularly well portrayed. As in the film, the only way of killing them is by launching a kind of giant bolas at their legs, sending them crashing to the ground.

I enjoyed The Empire Strikes Back; I found it fun and addictive. Unlike many games these days, it has enough action and gameplay to make you want to come back to it time after time. The now traditional £9.95 asking price is, I think, fair enough for such a good game.