Oranges and lemons say the bells of St. Clements. Oranges, pears, cherries, and bars say Commodore Business Machines.

Yes folks, it had to happen, the C64 has got its own one-armed bandit package, complete with nudge, hold, and the bell, bars, and orange family. There is, I am sure, something very significant about one game machine imitating another, but I leave you to work out what exactly it is.

Having never been a bandit addict, I invited a couple of lager swilling experts who found it much to their liking, noting that it would be possible to rest a pint on top of the monitor.

Personally, I find the concept of gambling without money rather fruitless, but the interest shown by the masses, suggests that once you have got this bug, nothing short of a stiff dose of penicillin will cure you.

The graphics are perfectly adequate, but even I missed the satisfying clunk of the wheels, not to mention the rewarding spitting noise the pub machines produce when forced to cough up.