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Cyan outlines of meteors skim across a plain black screen in classic Asteroid style. Occasionally a pink spaceship, firing yellow bullets, bounces randomly into view.

Meteor Storm proved to be playable, enthralling and sufficiently fast to provide a challenge. The meteors increase in number and speed as the score mounts and an audible warning greets th~ ne,:", reinforcement every 10,000 points. But this indistinct croak of "meteor alert" is hardly enough to justify the advertising boast of speech.

The program includes a sophisticated attract mode with a high score tale. Sound is used to good effect, and the meteors travel smoothly and quickly. The explosion displays could be better, though.

You can orientate the attack craft in eight ways using the top row number keys, and a keyboard overlay is provided. But control of the ship takes time to master, and the keys could have been better selected.

C.L.