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The first computer game featuring that mixed-up teenager Adrian Mole went down rather well. Those that follow his adventures and feel personally for all his problems should now be lining up to buy the sequel, The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.

This is not strictly an adventure game, but comes more into the category of Bookware. The screen lists excerpts from the daily life of your young friend and you have the onerous task of choosing one of three actions for him to take.

This leads to the result of that choice, and the poor lad then has to sort out the next critical decision in his life with your help.

There are a few random happenings, so the game will appear slightly different when you play again. The aim, apart from enjoying the story, is to increase your score and hence Adrian's popularity.

The program is written by Level 9 and follows the book's ideas and feelings as faithfully as possible. It comes in four parts - do not rewind the tape when you have loaded each section.

Although there are graphics, they are not exactly plentiful or very inspiring, and once or twice the text scrolled too fast to read.

Each part takes from between five and twenty minutes to play. You can, of course, repeat a section to find the results of alternative answers.

As each part takes about five minutes to load there may be a slight question about the overall value. For those who are already hooked on Adrian Mole it may be worth the money; for others I would suggest reading the book first.