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If you are the sort of person who cringes at the sight of a bug, then don't play this game, it's full of creepy crawlies of all shapes and sizes, from small ants to large wasps, flying spiders (wearing helicopter hats)and very large sinister looking spiders, which can kill you with one touch.

Before you meet any of these weird and wonderful creatures you will have to start the race; yes, a race. You play the part of a maggot which looks remarkably like an inch-worm, lining up at the starting line with another maggot, the beetle fires his starting gun and the race is on...

If you follow the other maggot you can explore most of the scrubland where you can pick up various helpful things such as ant spray, a parachute (?), and a lot of food and drink which is lying around waiting to be eaten. Some things (such as cups of tea) can only be eaten if your energy has dropped to half its level. Choose your object carefully, only one can be carried at a time.

If you've had enough of the scrubland then you can go to hell; that wasn't meant to be an insult. Hell is a part of the game, if you can find it you will come across some entirely different layouts and graphics but, this time, there is gravity: so watch out.

There are other areas which you can find and explore while trying to win the maggot marathon: the Underground, which leads to Hell and certain death, In the mansion, opening doors with the correct keys will lead to very interesting places, one of which is a planet's surface. The graphics used in the game, such as flying spiders, are very good and can be funny at times. The amount of different screens makes the game very playable, enjoyable, and more importantly, addictive. I would recommend this to any child between the ages of 8 and 80.