<s>
Aaargh	B-Device
!	I-Device
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
giant	O
monster	B-Application
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
obtaining	O
eggs	O
by	O
destroying	O
buildings	O
in	O
different	O
cities	O
across	O
a	O
lost	O
island	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
designed	O
for	O
Mastertronic	O
's	O
Arcadia	O
Systems	O
,	O
an	O
arcade	O
machine	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
custom	O
hardware	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
other	O
platforms	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
these	O
across	O
1988	B-Application
and	O
1989	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
distributed	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
monsters	B-Application
who	O
must	O
destroy	O
buildings	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
Roc	O
eggs	O
,	O
the	O
discovery	O
of	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
triggers	O
a	O
fight	O
with	O
a	O
rival	O
monster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
five	O
eggs	O
are	O
found	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
monsters	B-Application
fight	O
on	O
a	O
volcano	O
to	O
claim	O
the	O
dragon	O
's	O
egg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
fighting	O
game	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
chooses	O
to	O
play	O
as	O
either	O
a	O
dragon-like	O
lizard	O
or	O
an	O
ogre	B-Application
(	O
depicted	O
as	O
a	O
cyclops	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
character	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
does	O
not	O
select	O
becomes	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
rival	O
to	O
obtain	O
the	O
egg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
reviewers	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
particularly	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
,	O
they	O
criticised	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
reviewers	O
were	O
unimpressed	O
by	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
required	O
levels	O
to	O
be	O
loaded	O
individually	O
,	O
with	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
magazine	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
multi-level	O
,	O
multi-load	O
,	O
beat	O
'	O
em	O
,	O
blowtorch	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
which	O
'll	O
have	O
you	O
screaming	O
its	O
title	O
each	O
time	O
you	O
die	O
and	O
have	O
to	O
reload.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1989	B-Application
in	O
Dragon	O
#141	O
by	O
Patricia	O
Hartley	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
