Any series of reviews of classic Dragon arcade games has to start with this, possibly the best Dragon game in the world.

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The arcade game is Donkey Kong, a game in which you play Mario, the carpenter, who is trying to capture King-Kong for himself, by running along a series of walkways, climbing a series of ladders, anda avoiding barrels, fireballs and the mega-monkey himself.

The King, released long ago in the mists of time has still never been graphically surpassed, and is quite simply the best version of Donkey Kong available for *any* microcomputer.

There is the usual choice of screen colour, along with options for normal or slow speed, one or two player games, and three lives or twelve (with twelve lives the players score is not eligible for the high score table, which, incidentally, is done in true arcade style).

The game looks great, and handles better than any other on the market. But then, I feel that I'm preaching to the converted as, judging by the number of months the game held the top of the software charts, every Dragon owner in Britain probably owns a copy!