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Some months after the release of the film, the game finally grinds into life for the poor Amstrad owners amongst us. Remember that the film is a non-musical sequel to the Judy Garland original film about the magical land of Oz. Oz, however, is the theme of a whole series of books that are extremely popular in America - though almost unknown over here.

The film is loosely based on what happens next, though it is more of a fairy story (or cautionary tale, as most fairy stories are pretty horrific), introducing more characters from the film - Tik Tok the Nome King, etc and was a very popular film. With a bit of good timing, US Gold may ust have caught it as it comes around on video, though with the unpredictability of the Disney corporation, that could be any time in the next ten years...!

The game is a graphical text adventure using a menu system (for little hands!) with large and colourful pictures to keep the interest up. The operation of the game has likewise been geared for the type of market that would appreciate the tie-in of the game and the film.

This would make an excellent Christmas present for a computer-mad young kid (and there are plenty of them, believe me!) especially if he has just seen the film, or has received some other form of merchandising to go with it.

An interesting concept US Gold. I will have to keep an eye out in future for the next few products from this stable.