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In this Olympic year a program that offers you the chance of competing in ten different events ought to be a medal winner. Emulate the feats of Daley Thompson without even raising a sweat.

Unfortunately, this program is unlikely to win even a plastic medal on school sports day. It appears to be mostly in Basic, has a dull display and gives the 'armchair athlete' it claims to be written for very little in the way of a challenge or test of skill.

First event in your far-from-gruelling day is the hurdles. The track is blue - obviously some sort of synthetic surface. You anxiously await the start. A touch on the joystick and you're off. But what's this? Good grief! The hurdles are coming towards you! It's disturbing, to say the least - like running a race on a conveyor belt.

At the bottom of the screen is your strength indicator. Go too fast and the message is displayed: 'You have run out of energy...no points'.

Well, better luck in the 100 metres perhaps. Here you have two opponents, but it's very easy to leave them standing.

Careful not to use up your strength though - keep just in front of them.

And now for the first field event, the javelin. All you do here is try and release the joystick button when the flashing strength indicator is longest. It's more a matter of luck than judgement.

And so it goes on through the ten events. The game is ludicrously dull, the graphics are jerky and it's enough to put you off sport for the rest of your life.