Auf Wiedersehen Monty

The Good
Controls are responsive, and the addition of the quick jump (plus the somersault introduced in Monty on the Run) makes navigating the screens an achievable challenge.

You can't jump in all guns blazing - you need to plan your moves, allowing for the patterns of the foes and the arrangement of poles and platforms.

The trial-and-error 'Freedom Kit' of Monty on the Run is gone, and there are no unforseeable deaths, so it's a pure game of skill, unlike all too many 80s platform games (especially British ones).

Different parts of Europe are represented nicely, with smart clash-free graphics and a variety of backdrops.

The Bad
You have to be pixel-perfect in places, which isn't easy. Fortunately you get plenty of lives and always restart on the screen you died on.

The Bottom Line
A classic example of 80s platform games, delivered with real panaché. Monty Mole was the big Spectrum games hero (and loved on the C64 as well) and this game demonstrates why.