A nail-biting test of skill and nerves! It's up to you to defuse the unexploded bomb.

As a member of the renowned Uxb team, you have been assigned the task of defusing an old war-time bomb.

Unfortunately this is a type of bomb you have never seen before and there is no documentation available to aid you.

Therefore you must rely on your skill, intuition and good luck!

To aid you in your task you have a toolkit, but owing to limited working space in the vicinity of the bomb, you may only choose six items. The toolkit consists of: small spanner, copper hammer, cold chisel, special fluid, sidecutters, stethoscope, socket set, pliers, hydraulic jack, special spanner, insulating tape and small screwdriver.

To see the list of options, type MENU (ENTER). If your nerves betray you, you could try asking for HELP!

An important feature is that, if you unfortunately meet your demise, you may restart from your last move, or, if you feel you were proceeding incorrectly, you may start again.

Patrick is 46 years of age and lives in Hertfordshire with his wife and two teenage children plus dog, cat and two rabbits, not to mention the goldfish.

As a young man, Patrick spent many years travelling and lived variously in Australia, New Zealand and Canada before returning to the UK.

He started writing programs for fun but soon became addicted with Uxb as the result.

Patrick's main occupation is a fitted kitchen consultant but has an ambition to make programming a full-time job.

His other interests include D.I.Y., snooker and mechanics.

CLOADM (ENTER)