<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
1996	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
content	O
,	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
since	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
many	B-Operating_System
other	I-Operating_System
platforms	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Networked	O
play	O
,	O
through	O
IPX/SPX	B-Protocol
,	O
is	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abuse	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
29	O
,	O
1996	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
as	O
an	O
incomplete	O
shareware	B-License
version	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
Origin	O
Systems	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
by	O
Oliver	O
Yu	O
of	O
Crack	O
dot	O
Com	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bungie	O
on	O
March	O
5	O
,	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
the	O
shareware	B-License
release	O
's	O
game	O
data	O
(	O
excluding	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
)	O
was	O
handed	O
into	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
making	O
the	O
game	O
work	O
over	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
Abuse	O
was	O
adapted	O
to	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
multimedia	O
library	O
,	O
with	O
other	O
technical	O
refinements	O
like	O
more	O
than	O
the	O
8-bit	O
color	O
depth	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
version	O
allowed	O
easy	O
porting	O
to	O
modern	O
platforms	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Linux/X11	B-Application
and	O
also	O
the	O
Mac	O
version	O
has	O
been	O
updated	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
available	O
for	O
many	O
more	O
platforms	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
via	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
homebrew	O
,	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
in	O
2009	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
mobile	O
devices	O
,	O
to	O
iPhone/iPod	O
Touch	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Abuse	O
Classic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
SDL2	O
and	O
transferred	O
to	O
a	O
GitHub	B-Application
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
20th	O
birthday	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
a	O
community	O
developer	O
released	O
a	O
"	O
20th	O
anniversary	O
source	O
port	O
"	O
on	O
base	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
works	O
which	O
enabled	O
custom	O
resolutions	O
,	O
OpenGL	B-Application
rendering	O
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
360	I-Device
controller	I-Device
support	O
,	O
and	O
fixed	O
the	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
its	O
futuristic	O
yet	O
spooky	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
Home	O
of	O
the	O
Underdogs	O
regarded	O
Abuse	O
as	O
a	O
2D	O
platform	O
equivalent	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
person	O
shooter	O
Doom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Abuse	O
in	O
its	O
open-source	O
version	O
was	O
selected	O
in	O
August	O
2011	O
as	O
"	O
HotPick	O
"	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
.	O
</s>
