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Mona Loser - Jamie Bradbury

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 Hot on the heels (well a couple of weeks after, but there is a review backlog) of Orb Pondering comes a game with a very similar concept, but a hint of extra gameplay.  "I think you have a QL? Well, I made a game for it. But then I thought you'll never manage to run it. Because running anything on a QL is impossible, and the emulator might be £40 or something. For all these reasons, I converted my game to work on QPC2 - which is free and QL based. So stick the attached files into a random folder on your PC. Set DOS2_ to point to your windows folder location in QPC2 and the LRUN the bas file," Because the BASIC listing contains calls specifically for QPC2 it won't run on a real QL or other emulators. It was the first time for me using QPC2 and a fuzzy head from a bout of man flu meant it took far longer than it should have to get the program running. With hindsight, even the fuzzy head is a poor excuse. Of course, if it is the first time starting QPC2 you will be give...