The Fall Of Rome is an adventure-type game written in Basic, and is also available for a number of other machines. The general idea is that you are in charge of the Roman Empire, with control over forces, income, expenditure and so on in all parts of your Empire. Others are trying to destroy it. On the screen you have a coloured map of Europe (as we call it today) with the countries (as they were then) marked on it. During each stage a marker indicates which country you are dealing with at any one time, raising armies, converting static legions to mobile legions and so on.

While you are busily trying to put your Empire in order, eleven tribal groups from the north cause a lot of bother and as if this was not enough you also have to find time and resources to do battle with armies from the two Empires of the East.

The game progresses through three phases: The Income and Expenditure phase, the Movement phase and the Combat phase. I found that it took a great deal of practice to be able to understand and play this game properly and even stand a chance of securing a victory. Playing a game does taKe up a lot of time, but if you are "into" this type of game then it is quite good and takes a lot of concentration. The display is also quite good, though I feel the game is not for the younger members of a family.