<s>
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
programmed	O
by	O
Ben	O
Serki	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
Software	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unauthorized	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
1980	O
arcade	O
game	O
Space	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
,	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
with	O
ladders	O
and	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
arcade	O
original	O
remained	O
obscure	O
,	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
became	O
a	O
top	O
seller	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
were	O
done	O
by	O
Olaf	O
Lubeck	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
wrote	O
Cannonball	B-Application
Blitz	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TRS-80	B-Device
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Yves	O
Lempereur	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Funsoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
to	O
Space	B-Application
Panics	I-Application
lack	O
of	O
success	O
in	O
the	O
arcades	O
,	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
was	O
very	O
successful	O
on	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Games	O
described	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
in	O
1983	O
as	O
"	O
deliciously	O
true	O
to	O
"	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dick	O
McGrath	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
decided	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
gets	O
a	O
4	O
on	O
a	O
scale	O
of	O
1	O
to	O
10	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
After	O
playing	O
Time	O
Runner	O
,	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
creates	O
a	O
deja-vu	O
,	O
I've-been-here-before	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
in	O
1983	O
stated	O
"	O
Yes	O
,	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
pretty	O
dumb	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Owen	O
Linzmayer	O
reviewing	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
version	O
for	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
packaging	O
promises	O
voice	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
it	O
says	O
only	O
two	O
words	O
,	O
'	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
 '	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Apple	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
from	O
Funsoft	O
may	O
be	O
well	O
on	O
its	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
charts.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Games	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
version	O
a	O
B	O
rating	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
slightly	O
revised	O
version	O
"	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
and	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
Apple	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
