| ORIGIN: UK Pocketeer, no.31373 VARIANTS: Clam's Casino. GAMEPLAY: One of the simplest of all the Pocketeers. You pull the lever to fire the ball round the spiral, then a button on the left-hand side causes the monster's mouth to flip open for a split-second, just wide enough to swallow the ball. It's actually very difficult to pull off, unless you cheat by holding the button about three-quarters of the way in, in which case the mouth stays open. If you can resist that temptation, it's one of the most challenging and addictive games in the series.

| VARIANT: Clam's Casino ORIGIN: US Tomy Pocket Game DIFFERENCES: Name, theme, colour and graphics. The "plot" would seem to concern a bizarre casino run by crustacean sea creatures. Presumably the balls are supposed to represent pearls which the player is gambling with the clams. Shame about the horrible colour scheme, though.