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Pengi-type games have become quite popular lately with two or three software houses having their own versions on the market. The game is derived from Pac Man but Visions' Pengi is far superior to any Pac Man program.

You are in control of a cute little penguin who is trapped in a maze made up of large ice blocks inhabited by snow bees. The object of the game is to line up three special white ice diamond blocks without being caught by the snow bees. Fortunately, these can be killed by squashing them with an ice block which slides along if you push it.

The graphics are excellent as is the sound, and I found it to be difficult enough just avoiding the snow bees, never mind lining up the ice diamond blocks. There is a high score table of famous penguins, on-screen scoring, re-definable keys and a practice mode in which you can't be killed. If you're into arcade games, you will love this one.

Roland Waddilove