<s>
APB	B-Application
(	O
short	O
for	O
"	O
All	B-Application
Points	I-Application
Bulletin	I-Application
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Atari	O
Games	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
APB	B-Application
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
handheld	O
was	O
published	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Picking	O
up	O
donuts	B-Application
extends	O
the	O
day	O
's	O
time	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Soon	O
new	O
petty	O
lawbreakers	O
are	O
introduced	O
,	O
to	O
include	O
road	B-Application
rage	I-Application
,	O
drunk	O
driving	O
,	O
dopers	O
,	O
et	O
cetera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
other	O
day	O
,	O
starting	O
on	O
the	O
third	O
day	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
go	O
after	O
an	O
A.P.B.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
(	O
"	O
All	B-Application
Points	I-Application
Bulletin	I-Application
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
A.P.B.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Should	O
Officer	O
Bob	O
get	O
an	O
APB	B-Application
suspect	O
to	O
the	O
station	O
and	O
force	O
him	O
or	O
her	O
to	O
confess	O
,	O
a	O
screen	O
of	O
"	O
Bob	O
's	O
Top	O
10	O
"	O
will	O
be	O
shown	O
where	O
the	O
convict	O
is	O
then	O
put	O
behind	O
bars	O
and	O
a	O
brief	O
musical	O
tone	O
akin	O
to	O
"	O
Dragnet	O
"	O
is	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Demerits	O
are	O
gotten	O
for	O
colliding	O
with	O
cones	O
and	O
other	O
vehicles	O
with	O
the	O
siren	O
off	O
,	O
shooting	O
non-offender	O
vehicles	O
,	O
running	O
into	O
donut	B-Application
huts	O
and	O
pedestrians	O
,	O
running	O
out	O
of	O
gas	O
(	O
if	O
the	O
quota	O
is	O
met	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
failing	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
confession	O
from	O
an	O
A.P.B.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
Should	O
this	O
happen	O
on	O
an	O
A.P.B.	B-Application
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
that	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
APB	B-Application
had	O
an	O
extended	O
development	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
version	O
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
CVG	O
Magazine	O
in	O
their	O
August	O
1991	O
issue	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
88	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
A	O
.	O
Jung	O
also	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
calling	O
it	O
"	O
decent	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
fair	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
enhanced	O
by	O
some	O
very	O
appropriate	O
and	O
entertaining	O
sound	O
and	O
graphics.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
came	O
to	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
and	O
Xbox	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
Deluxe	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
again	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
compilation	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Origins	I-Application
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
