Lego Alpha Team

Alpha Team will knock your block off! Lego is a great kids' toy... for two reasons. Firstly: it's so simple, even the worst rugrat brickie can build a wobbly, multicoloured version of the London Eye on the lounge carpet, and secondly: kiddies can make a right mess smashing it up afterwards! Lego had to grow up some time though, and it has done – in the shape of Lego Alpha Team on the Game Boy Color!

Bricking It!

Your task is to assist a crack team of commando-type Lego hardcases. You must guide the last remaining member of Alpha Team, Dash, as he makes his way through the varied levels, mapping out a route for him by placing special Lego blocks in his path which cause him to change direction. Dash, Crunch and the other members of the Team (who you free along the way) can also use special items like lasers, springs, trampolines, explosives, antigravity units and generators to get through to each exit. Sounds easy? It isn't.

Thanks to the cut-scenes, the game manages to give a bit of personality to those little yellow critters that used to get lost down the back of your sofa, and the gameplay is surprisingly addictive. The cart offers plenty of brain-teasing challenges, but, because you only get to point Dash in the right direction on his quest, not actually control him, the gameplay isn't as involving as perhaps it could have been. Those expecting a gung-ho, gun-toting platform shooter will be disappointed – this game is designed to test your brain cells, not your trigger finger!

The main problem with Alpha Team is that it does tend to get a little repetitive. Some gamers will no doubt find the 'shift block A to point B' gameplay slightly lacking in, shall we say, drama, after about ten levels or so. It's not a bad game by any means, but definitely one for fans of puzzle titles rather than action ones.

Lego Alpha Team is a puzzle game about a team of lego superheroes and their most unfortunate case. Agent Dash is saddened to learn about the disappearance of his team. Jsh's friends from Team Alpha need your help, but the villain Ogel has captivated them with mind control spheres. The heroes have turned against their friend and Dash needs to stop them before it's too late. With the help of puzzles, free your friends from mind captivity and together defeat the villain.

Pros of the game:

• The main gameplay is based on puzzles, but there is also an opportunity to run around the world
• Lego heroes Team Alpha are calling you on their adventures