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You are the Equalizer. Wearing only a nappy you battle snails, worms and frogs in a bizarre arcade game.

You begin the game in a form that would be at home in the Flintstones, standing alone in the middle of some woods. Unfortunately, you're not alone for long as you're suddenly swamped in red and white spotted snails that move at anything but a snail's pace. Blasting them with what can only be described as goo blobs, that fire from just above your nappy (I warned you it was bizarre!), stops them for a while but sooner or later you have to advance when you come up against a cliff face. Luckily, there's another one a few feet away, so if you time your jump you can get thrre before your path is blocked by snails.

In fact, the snails and worms pile off the cliffs into the void below, but despite this lemming-like behaviour there's plenty left to bug you.

Hanging from the trees you'll also find some fruit that gives you bonus points and brings you nearer to a heart and the end of the screen.

Then you're in a scene dominated by totem poles, more cliffs to hurdle and leaping frogs, flying butterflies and bombing birds to add to the menagerie out to get you.

Later screens prove that this was just child's play as you grow older as the game gets harder until you evolve into "the Equalizer".

Despite the ludicrous scenario and insane gameplay, the game has a mysterious addictive quality that makes you have just one more game.

It's the kind of game you'd play when your friends weren't watching.