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Core Design have built up a good reputation for platform games over the years, although many have been of the ‘race-from-left-to-the-right-jumping-on-things’ variety. That probably explains why this one came as such a shock when it was released on floppy late last year, shortly before this direct port to CD. More puzzle based than most of their previous efforts, it tells the tale of a young geeky truck driver called Bubba, who gets abducted by aliens who want to place him in a zoo. Unfortunately the ship breaks down and you end up dumped on an alien planet, with only a small stick-like alien for company. From here you have to find your way home.
Stix, as your alien friend is named, is an extremely versatile little chap, who can be used in all manner of situations. You can throw him as a boomerang, poke with him like a pool cue, stick him into holes in walls and use him as a step, brace one end of him under things and use him to lever them, along with a thousand other uses.

On CD the game is almost exactly the same as its floppy counterpart. I.e. the same high quality graphics and animation, the same amount of charm and character and the same taxing, yet well within the realms of playability puzzles. The only real addition is the extended intro sequence at the start, which gives you the plot in cartoon form. A game well worth owning if you fancy a real challenge.
Tony Dillon