Mayhem

Crash

Presentation 60%

Graphics 48%

Playability 36%

Addictive Qualities 33%

Overall 42%

Ben Stone 46%

Nick Roberts 41%

Paul Sumner 40%

Producer: The Power House Retail Price: £1.99 Author: Mark Incley Sniggin, the well-known space pirate, has hidden a nuclear device on a large four-decked spacecraft. And only 20 minutes remain before it goes off with a bigger bang than a yuppie stockbroker. You are charged with the awesome task of finding this ominous contraption and rendering it harmless - by locating four digits on the ship in the right order and entering them as a code into the device. It's then deactivated. There are 128 flick screens, patterned with a maze of corridors shown from above. Progressing deeper into this complicated system earns you points - but it's patrolled by a gaggle of robots left by the villainous space pirate to safeguard his nastiness. Don't pause for too long in one place to consider your next move, or a deadly homing bomb will seek you out with lethal accuracy and destroy all your remaining lives. And it takes quick thinking to avoid this killer. For protection you need a laser weapon, but you'll have to find it first - and it won't destroy every robot. COMMENTS Joysticks: Cursor, Kempston, Sinclair Graphics: good throughout the 128 screens: monochromatic play area Sound: spot FX of the worst kind

That's you down by the fire sign - it's Mayhem!