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With superb title graphics! I was all a-quiver with expectation, and as the tape loaded - in several parts - and the impressive titles scrolled smoothly around the screen my appetite was well and truly whetted.

Then the game, an educational one, commenced. I was asked for my name, in nice big letters; duly entered "re" (wot no capitals?) and was told to press P to play.

At the top of the screen were four large objects which looked like circles with four corners (or fat squares). One of these developed measles and fell, undulating, to the floor where, after counting its spots, an equally undulating hook appeared and dragged it off the screen. This repeated itself several times and then I was told that I scored 0!

Oh alright, I'm being even more stupid than usual. I didn't take long to work out that as they dropped you had to press the key which had the same number as the spots on the falling "dice", and that you scored more points the quicker you pressed that key.

But really! £7.95 for a simple program to recognise simple numbers for infants/lower juniors? I'll buy some dominoes instead.

R.E.