Slime by Alexios Chouchoulas Released 1995 Yes that's right, the date does say 1995! There are some people out there still writing Oric games (don't ask me why). Slime is best described as an action/strategy game. If any of you are as old as me you may remember an old game called Mined Out by Quicksilva which was released in the early 80's. Well, a good description of Slime could well be Mined Out 2. If your memory of Mined Out has put you off Slime already DON'T GIVE UP SO QUICKLY! The aim of the game is to become an environmental activist & destroy factories which are creating toxic slime. I presume that the Environment Agency weren't up to the job! All you have to do is to guide your little man through the factory doors & he will do the rest. When a factory is destroyed, it leaves behind rubble & slime. Occasionally objects are found in the debris too. These may help or hinder. The Slime title screen. In-play screenshot. Sound easy? Well, one slight problem I forgot to mention is that everywhere you go you leave a Tron's-Light-Cycles-like trail of deadly slime yourself! Contact with the slime is deadly (how did you guess?). This leaves the logical problem of how you actually manage to leave a slime trail without dying, but there you go, you can't have everything! A route to all factories & the exit therefore has to be found which does not cross your path. There is further hindrance on later levels from walls which cross parts of the play area making careful planning more inportant than ever. As I mentioned earlier there are some useful & not so useful objects to be found in the factories. Sorry! But I am not going to tell you about them - play the game! Alexios doesn't give many hints away in the instructions so neither will I! Quake 2 it ain't, but Slime is pretty good. It has certainly become one of my favourite Oric titles. The sound & graphics are simplistic but effective - I like the smoke from the chimneys & the rippling slime. The real killer feature is the addictive gameplay, helped on by some good humour. You just HAVE to clear a screen to see what the next quote is or find out what new objects do. A well thought out game & worth a look from anyone. Slime is available as a virtual disc for Sedoric from the Oric software archive (also run by Alexios) which can be reached from the Oric web-ring.