Bristles

Bristles attained "classic" status long ago, and any useful criticism of the game is, as a result, somewhat moot. I can only say that I spent many happy weeks in 1985 besting Brenda the Brat, and that duplicating the experience on a 5200 is a truly wondrous experience. Let's hope that First Star and Mean Hamster follow up on their wonderful first effort with their promises to release some of the true gems in their software library for the 5200. I've already booked off two weeks to spend with Rockford.

It's not the graphics and it's not the sound that makes Bristles a good game - so what is it? I'll tell you. It's a new and original idea, with the option of four people playing the game. It offers very good family entertainment.