Don'tcha just love games about Vikings? I do, so I was particularly pleased to get acopy of Pt-Fighter throough the post. You see, me and Barry did all about this stuff in history a few weeks ago.

The pits were a race of ancient Britain's, who fought alongside the the Kilts to defeat the invading Vikings.

So I slapped the game in my 64 and got ready for some homed-helmet, axe-wielding, fun with a few guest appearances from the coolest Gods of the lot. (I reckon Thor could have Vulcan anyday and Odin makes Zeus look a right wimp!) Imagine my disappointment when it turned out to be a two-player beat-'em up based on some dodgy american sport.

As lung-thumpers go Pitfighter ain't bad. There's a pretty impressive selection of moves, you can strike folk abput the head with furniture and the successful fighter wins lurvely piles of dosh.

But the weird graphics and jumpy scrolling make the later stages of the game virtually unplayable. And the multiload, sheeeesh! Mum had finished in the bathroom by the time round one had loaded! (What does she do in there?)

Strictly beat-'em fans only for this game I'm afraid. Everybody else (and especially historians) ought to steer well clear.