Bug-Byte's Chess is quite an extraordinary piece of software, in that it appears not to work on either Operating System!

The game produced a corrupt display on 1.2, and on 0.1 the display was all right, but the game would not allow you to play!

I hope that in future Bug-Byte will not sell software that does not run on any Operating System, as this could put some people off forver.

In fact, we have received several complaints from members regarding Bug-Byte's software. We have asked them to comment, and will report what they say should they reply.

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This is one of the best games available from Superior Software. It is a variation of the arcade game Rally-X, in which you steer a car around a maze, dodging three enemy cars and boulders in order to catch flags.

The game becomes very hard and has very smooth graphics. Excellent.

Airlift is a game where you navigate a helicopter and you have to pick up 'things' and return them to base. The game runs on a 0.1 but the game is not very exciting, and the graphics leave much room for improvement.

Although the game is cheap compared to other software, this does not compensate for the low quality and again this game does not run on the new Operating System.

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Space Fighter is a cross between 'Defender' and 'Missile Command', but is not as exciting as either of these games. The game itself has good graphics and is in machine code giving decent speeds, the fastest of which is pretty near impossible.

The object of the game is to pilot your spaceship and shoot the attacking aliens that advance towards you. You are also given smart bombs that destroy all of the evil things on the screen, and a certain amount of fuel which diminishes quickly.

Fuel dumps run along the bottom of the planet and these have to be destroyed to top up your fuel supply.

There is a high score table and six different speeds which is a nice addition to the program.

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This is one of the many 'Frogger' games appearing on the market at the moment, and it is very good indeed.

The aim of the game is to guide your frog across a busy road and a river to the far side of the river bank. A difficult game with fast flicker-free graphics and a frog that really hops!

Space Pirates is loosely based on the arcade game 'Asteroids' with you as the pilot of a space ship trying to prevent the pirates stealing all of your life pods.

The game is quite original in theme and is written to run on a 16K machine. This is the best of the Bug-Byte software reviewed.