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First impressions of Tales Of The Cat are not too favourable. Oh no, not another Frogger rip-off is the first thought that enter your head when its crude graphics first appear on screen.

You have this busy road with cars whooshing by, the cat can prowl left and right and attempt to cross the road. But apart from that - there ends any similarities to Frogger.

The aim of the game is to pick up the articles on the other side of the road. These are a compass, scroll, fishbone, can, tin opener, a mouse and some birdseed.

Once you have picked something up by simply nipping across the road and making contact with it, you can give the big black dog the slip and go on to the next screen.

Each new street is an even tougher challenge for our unfortunate moggy. Screen two, for example, has a rather awkward breakdancer, screen three some falling flower pots - and so it gets worse.

Each new hazard is added to the ones from the previous ones so that before very long you are dodging cars, dogs, falling flower pots, breakdancers and falling milk bottles as you attempt to pick up your item.

To be honest, Tales Of The Cat is not the best game I have ever seen - the animation is not convincing and the game is pretty easy.

In its favour, Tales Of The Cat would be highly suitable as a game for young children.

But for hard-nosed gamers looking for a worthwhile challenge on the cheap, then don't expect to get it here. Even an average gamer would crack this in an afternoon.