If it bleeps we can over-analyse it!

Arnie Schwarzenegger is drafted in to lead an elite paramilitary squad on a wild goose chase to rescue a couple of political VIPs. What he hasn't factored in is a toxic confrontation with a hideously ugly alien head hunter played by Bigfoot, Kevin Peter Hall.

John McTiernan's action sci-fi movie is quite rightly considered a gung-ho, testosterone-fueled classic today, largely for its ridiculous, quotable one-liners, intensely overblown artillery and impressive special effects.

Published in 1987 to coincide with the movie it is allegedly based upon, Activision's Amiga game of the same name, developed by Source the Software House, isn't quite so enthralling, memorable for the wrong reasons. I cut it open with a machete and check for green blood.