<s>
4th	B-Application
&	I-Application
Inches	I-Application
is	O
an	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
sports	O
game	O
by	O
Accolade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
and	O
ported	O
to	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
by	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
Team	O
Construction	O
Disk	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
other	O
sports	O
games	O
by	O
Bob	O
Whitehead	O
,	O
4th	B-Application
&	I-Application
Inches	I-Application
was	O
hailed	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
combining	O
the	O
action	O
of	O
previous	O
titles	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
feature	O
of	O
strategic	O
play	O
calling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
4th	B-Application
&	I-Application
Inches	I-Application
followed	O
another	O
title	O
for	O
Accolade	O
(	O
also	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Whitehead	O
)	O
:	O
HardBall	O
!,	O
a	O
baseball	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
several	O
sound	O
effects	O
from	O
that	O
game	O
were	O
re-used	O
in	O
4th	B-Application
&	I-Application
Inches	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
1987	B-Application
)	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Accolade	O
co-founder	O
,	O
Bob	O
Whitehead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
other	O
systems	O
followed	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Sculptured	O
Software	O
doing	O
the	O
porting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
versions	O
were	O
programmed	O
by	O
Craig	O
Conder	O
(	O
Amiga	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Tony	O
Manso	O
(	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
)	O
and	O
John	O
Motter	O
(	O
DOS	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
approved	O
of	O
4th	B-Application
&	I-Application
Inches	I-Application
combination	O
of	O
arcade	O
action	O
and	O
playbook-based	O
strategic	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
