The storyline is the same: while on holiday at your grandma's, you are put in a position of trying to save her house from an unscrupulous land developer. To do this you need to find the treasure of rubies belonging to your grandfather who disappeared some years earlier trying to find where he buried it (what's wrong with a bank, Grandad!).

You soon discover in your search the world of the Mini-Moy in your backyard. They look like "troll" dolls currently filling the shelves of toy stores. They live in a miniature world where toadstools are houses, mosquitoes are enemies and the world abounds with tunnels, doors, puzzles and general cuteness (Granddad seems to have forgotten the word "pesticide").

The game has you following along the basic storyline from the movie and in fact a lot of the plot is delivered from cut scenes from the movie itself. These help a lot although in places they seem to leap ahead a bit and left us with a couple of "what the!" moments. They can be a bit offputting as well given that Madonna and Bowie did not make it to the game.

The game puzzles are not too taxing although they can be pretty laborious in places. Most of them involve finding ways to unlock doors or to reach another area. This can be done by stepping on activation pads, or moving and stacking objects. In places you need one or both of the other characters in the game (Princes Seleria and Betameche) and to activate these switches. Each of the characters has special skills with Arthur being the one to do the jumping and the acrobatic stuff; Betamache the smallest of the crew for missile fire and getting into hard to reach places; while Selerina, armed with a knife, is a dab hand at cutting back the vegetation.

All of this would work well were it not for the controls. They seem at times a bit awkward and especially so for the younger set. This was particularly evident when trying to push around objects. Left seemed to go right and vice a versa and was like trying to back a trailer. Camera controls also are not as smooth as we would like and at times you can easily lose site of your character.

There are 12 chapters in the game to traverse and in an unusual move all of these chapters are available to play right from the beginning. This is great for the young ones who can jump ahead when stuck on some of the more annoying puzzles.

The graphics are cute. In fact the whole game oozes cuteness... in places to save the game you need to jump into a flower and sleep while it closes over you. Cute little houses, pollen balls and lots of twinkle are very appealing (adults, on the other hand, have an urge to take to the backyard with a tin of petrol and a match). The use of the graphics from the movie has meant that they are of a high quality and are of a richness not often seen in these cartoon like games/movies.