<s>
3-D	B-Application
Monster	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Dave	O
Noonan	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Romik	O
in	O
1984	B-Application
for	O
both	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
trapped	O
within	O
the	O
three	O
floors	O
of	O
a	O
subterranean	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
task	O
is	O
to	O
search	O
for	O
the	O
missing	O
keys	O
whilst	O
avoiding	O
the	O
monsters	B-Application
guarding	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
time	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
finds	O
a	O
key	O
and	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
starting	O
point	O
,	O
a	O
bomb	B-Device
is	O
activated	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
defused	O
within	O
a	O
limited	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immediately	O
after	O
returning	O
the	O
key	O
the	O
first	O
bomb	B-Device
starts	O
ticking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
find	O
the	O
bomb	B-Device
in	O
time	O
then	O
they	O
will	O
lose	O
a	O
life	O
,	O
if	O
they	O
find	O
the	O
bomb	B-Device
in	O
time	O
,	O
they	O
will	O
then	O
have	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
their	O
starting	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immediately	O
after	O
returning	O
a	O
new	O
bomb	B-Device
begins	O
ticking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
radar	O
screen	O
which	O
shows	O
the	O
players	O
position	O
as	O
a	O
solid	O
white	O
dot	O
and	O
the	O
monsters	B-Application
positions	O
as	O
flashing	O
white	O
dots	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
starts	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
grenades	O
,	O
which	O
if	O
used	O
at	O
the	O
correct	O
range	O
will	O
destroy	O
a	O
monster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
keys	O
and	O
the	O
bomb	B-Device
can	O
be	O
on	O
any	O
floor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
they	O
are	O
wandering	O
around	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
they	O
may	O
occasionally	O
see	O
a	O
key	O
with	O
a	O
higher	O
number	O
than	O
the	O
one	O
they	O
are	O
looking	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sinclair	O
User	O
rated	O
3-D	B-Application
Monster	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
only	O
3	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
comment	O
"	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
game	I-Application
can	O
be	O
exciting	O
,	O
skilful	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3D	B-Application
Monster	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
is	O
none	O
of	O
those	O
things.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
3rd	O
issue	O
of	O
Crash	O
magazine	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
called	O
3-D	B-Application
Monster	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
,	O
"	O
good	O
value	O
for	O
money	O
"	O
(	O
it	O
was	O
£6.99	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZX	O
Computing	O
awarded	O
3-D	B-Application
Monster	I-Application
Chase	I-Application
70%	O
for	O
value	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
particularly	O
original	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
