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Great music. Great graphics. Great game. That's Super Pipeline.

Joe Bloggs and his mate are out fixing pipes. You give them a hand by guiding Joe along the pipe, while his mate follows dutifully behind. Oil gushes through the system to end up in a barrel and once that's full you move on to the next screen.

Sounds cushy? It's not. Lobsters, pipe-bugs, and other saboteurs scramble up a ladder to the top of the screen and launch themselves at you with the most vicious intentions, or else drop metal wedges that rupture the pipe and stop the oil from getting through.

Joe and his mate make a great team, though. One carries a spanner, the other a Smith and Wesson 45. While his mate fixes the holes, Joe blasts away at the opposition as they climb up the ladder, or crawl towards him along the pipe.

He can't kill the lobsters, who will drag his mate to oblivion if they catch him, and he has to watch out for falling bugs and metal wedges.

If the pipe gets blocked, you must get Joe to lead his mate to the scene of the crime. The eager young lad then hammers away until the pipe is fixed.

Trouble is, while Joe is busy leading Junior to the break, or fetching him when he's finished his task, the enemy have seized the opportunity to scramble up the ladder behind his back...

If Junior dies on the job, Joe has to nip back to the beginning of the pipe and pick up another volunteer. Business is good at the job centre, and there is an unlimited supply of plumber's mates, but you can only have up to eight Joes.

This is one of the best games for the Commodore 64. Don't miss it.