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You play the part of Slippery Sid, the son of Roger the Dodger. Espionage is your middle name and, having forced your way into the National Security HQ, you're faced with a no return journey through one of the most dangerous and complex buildings in the land.

This is one of the ever popular exploring type games. Because of the small memory capacity, this type of game has been slow in coming for the Beeb but "Blagger" and now "Son of Blagger" has changed all that. The difference between "Son of Blagger" and the others is that you don't jump in and out of various rooms.

Instead, as you move Slippery Sid, the picture scrolls (pixel by pixel) revealing a little more of the landscape. Slippery Sid is very well animated and well defined but because the whole picture has to be moved pixel-by-pixel in four directions, the playing area only takes up a third of the total screen area, a necessity if the screen is to be moved at a reasonable speed.

However, this does not seriously affect the enjoyment of the game. Also, because of the complexity of the landscape, you need to plan ahead and think as well as manipulate your nimble fingers.

As expected from an established software house such as Alligata, the presentation is high with all the usual features such as sound on/off and hall of fame. Recommended.

Shingo Sugiura