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A certain hamburger manufacturer may make 'the greatest burgers under the bun' but Ocean's game of Mr. Wimpy is certainly one of the greatest games on the Spectrum.

As player, you take on the role of an animated Mr. Wimpy whose only aim in life is to manufacture as many hamburgers as possible. You perform this task by collecting a tray from a serving hatch on the left hand side of the screen, and then moving to the right-hand hatch to collect the ingredients.

This is not as easy as it sounds since a character named Waldo is out to nick whatever you are carrying (perhaps Waldo is one of those teenage hooligans we read about in the papers).

To make it even harder, you have to avoid the moving manholes. Quite what moving manholes are doing in a hamburger store, I'm not quite sure, but they do get you rather annoyed when your last man has just fallen into one. If you manage to complete a burger, Mr Wimpy moves on to screen two.

Now Mr Wimpy has to make the Wimpy burgers by walking over the top of the ingredients, and by making them fall into the trays at the base of the screen. Mr Wimpy's enemies on this level are the kitchen rebels: Sid Sos, Oggy Egg, Sam Spoon, and Pam Pickle. If there is no way past the nasties, Mr. Wimpy can use up one of his three pepper pots, which will enable him to get past the rebels. By picking up bonus gems, ice cream, or a cup of coffee, Mr. Wimpy gets an extra pepper pot.

Ocean have got a winner with Mr. Wimpy, with smooth graphics and excellent sound (including the 'Wimpy is the Home of the Hamburger' tune), and it will give many hours of fun.