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You're nicked mate!. Officer Bob your friendly, local, road rozzer is here once again, this time on budget, to protect the general public from the greater excesses of the city criminal fraternity. If you haven't already been captured by him then read on, it might just rehabilitate you.

For those who haven't been brought up on a diet of cop movies and T V.shows, an A.P B is an order to apprehend a criminal on sight anywhere and by anyone. Bob has to go through sixteen one day shifts and pick up so many criminals it will make your mind boggle. These include Litterbugs, Honkers, Hitchers, Dopers and Drunks as well as answering help calls and picking up cones. Naturally you must avoid knocking down buildings or pedestrians and for doing naughty things like this you get demerit points.

You see Officer Bob is apparently a bit of a lad, and the police chief doesn't trust him very much. Thus if you get nine demerits during a day's work the boss will fire you. On the plus side the pay is good as Bob can earn between 2000 and 23,000 for a days work, not bad. eh?.

The main screen shows the mean city streets from a bird's eye view and there is four directional control over Officer Bob. His car has incredible acceleration which can make it difficult to avoid the curb or stay in the right lane, but once you get used to it it works out o.k. The graphics aren't bad at all but I wish the criminals were marked a little clearer.

All Points Bulletin is a simple, fun game that is quite playable if a little frustrating at first. It is firmly at home as a budget release and is worth a look on a long summers evening.

Label: Domark Memory: 48K/128K Price: £3.99 Tape, n/a Disk Reviewer: Alan Dykes

All Points Bulletin will keep you amused for many long hours and is nearly as much fun as watching your horrid big brother reverse his Cortina into the local river.