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The evil Reptilons, the slimiest alien race in the entire universe, have invaded the colony on Planet X and have enslaved all the humans - including Earth's most brilliant (and most beautiful) scientist, Professor Sarah Bellum! All the captives are being forced to make a robot army which the Reptilons intend to use to invade Earth! Eeek!

Jake and Duke, two well-hard interplanetary commandos and Reptilon disposal specialists, have been lumbered with the job of kicking lizard butt and sending them back from whence they came. So stopping only to pick up a couple of upgradable laser guns and a cache of megabombs, off they fly to Planet X.

The Planet is split into seventeen huge forced-perspective 3D areas. Each is packed with enslaved humans and teeming with Reptilon robots which attempt to bash and blast the heroes and wear down their energy bars - so destroy them before they get you! Humans are rescued when touched (they can also be shot, so be careful with those lasers), and when all on that level have been saved, you can heard for the port-o-matic exit which leads to the next screen.

At the end of every level you either tackle a Reptilon wave, or a Canal Maze ride. The former is a battle between you and a giant Reptilon - simply destroy him before he stomps you. The Canal Maze ride is a speedy race through a maze in a rocket sled where you have to find the exit before the timer expires to earn bonus points.

If you manage to battle all the way through to the final level you confront the chief Reptilon, and he is one b-i-g, ugly son-of-an-alien! If you can blast this slimy sucker, Planet X is saved. Fail, and he'll use your thigh bones as toothpicks!

With superb introductory screens which are just like a cheesy old 50's B-movie, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters is brilliant from the start.

The action is really hectic, with loads of frantic running, dodging and blasting required to stay alive. And of course, in all this maniacal mayhem you've got to be careful not to accidentally blow up the people you're supposed to be rescuing!

The graphics are simply marvellous, with many brilliant little touches giving the game a really wacky feel - just watch what happens, for example, when you walk off the edge of a platform, or get caught on spikes!

The demented pounding soundtrack also deserves a special mention - it's great and fits the action perfectly!

Robot Monsters is slick, brilliant and ultra-playable - miss it and you deserve to be fed to the Reptilons!

The graphics are identical to the ST version, the tune is miles funkier and there's sampled speech too! A superb coin-op conversion which should be put at the top of your shopping list.