<s>
Advanced	B-Application
Dungeons	I-Application
&	I-Application
Dragons	I-Application
:	I-Application
Slayer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fantasy	O
first-person	O
,	O
dungeon	O
crawl/	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
based	O
on	O
the	O
second	O
edition	O
of	O
Advanced	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Lion	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slayer	B-Application
features	O
a	O
customizable	O
dungeon	O
generator	O
so	O
each	O
time	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
faced	O
with	O
a	O
new	O
dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slayer	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
contract	O
between	O
video	O
game	O
corporation	O
SSI	O
and	O
TSR	O
,	O
the	O
owner	O
and	O
publisher	O
of	O
the	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSI	O
had	O
previously	O
used	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
adapt	O
the	O
property	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
notable	O
games	O
including	O
Pool	B-Application
of	I-Application
Radiance	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Gold	O
Box	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
Slayer	B-Application
,	O
SSI	O
gave	O
development	O
duties	O
to	O
Lion	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
an	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas-based	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
Douglas	O
Grounds	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
producer	O
at	O
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
's	O
Austin	O
office	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lion	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
principle	O
staff	O
for	O
Slayer	B-Application
consisted	O
of	O
director	O
Roland	O
Bollinger	O
;	O
programmer	O
Glen	O
Merriman	O
;	O
music	O
composer	O
Billy	O
Wolfe	O
;	O
sound	O
editor	O
Geoffrey	O
Sanders	O
;	O
art	O
director	O
Daniel	O
Bourbonnais	O
;	O
and	O
artists	O
Daniel	O
Bourbonnais	O
,	O
Martin	O
Thomas	O
,	O
Sara	O
Farr	O
,	O
and	O
Rebecca	O
Price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slayer	B-Application
was	O
released	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
by	O
SSI	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
September	O
1994	O
and	O
by	O
SSI	O
's	O
parent	O
company	O
Mindscape	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
reported	O
months	O
ahead	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
scheduled	O
launch	O
that	O
SSI	O
and	O
TSR	O
were	O
dissolving	O
their	O
partnership	O
and	O
that	O
Slayer	B-Application
would	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
products	O
in	O
that	O
agreement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
for	O
an	O
October	O
1995	O
release	O
but	O
never	O
materialized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SSI	O
and	O
Lion	O
Entertainment	O
did	O
collaborate	O
on	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Slayer	B-Application
titled	O
Advanced	B-Application
Dungeons	I-Application
&	I-Application
Dragons	I-Application
:	I-Application
DeathKeep	I-Application
,	O
released	O
on	O
3DO	B-Device
in	O
1995	O
and	O
Windows	B-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lion	O
Entertainment	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
port	O
several	O
popular	O
first-person	O
shooters	O
including	O
Doom	B-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Quake	B-Application
to	O
Macintosh	B-Device
before	O
voluntarily	O
closing	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
generally	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
successfully	O
combines	O
fast-paced	O
action	O
in	O
a	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
vein	O
with	O
traditional	O
RPG	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allen	O
Rausch	O
for	O
GameSpy	O
called	O
Slayer	B-Application
"	O
a	O
fantastic	O
game	O
"	O
for	O
how	O
rare	O
it	O
is	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
was	O
actually	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
games	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
