<s>
Arcus	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Wolf	O
Team	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Renovation	O
Products	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive/Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
X68000	B-Device
and	O
in	O
1993	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
an	O
isometric	B-Application
perspective	I-Application
and	O
cooperative	O
gameplay	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
hack	B-Application
and	I-Application
slash	I-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arcus	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Arcus	O
franchise	O
,	O
which	O
also	O
included	O
Arcus	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
Arcus	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Silent	I-Application
Symphony	I-Application
in	O
1989	O
,	O
and	O
Arcus	O
III	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
North	O
American	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
following	O
Sega	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Renovation	O
Products	O
(	O
American	O
publisher	O
for	O
Wolf	O
Team	O
and	O
Telenet	O
games	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
Japan	O
with	O
the	O
title	O
Arcus	B-Application
Spirits	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
by	O
Loriciels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Arcus	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
different	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
proceeds	O
through	O
each	O
level	O
in	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arcus	B-Application
Odyssey	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Upchurch	O
of	O
ACE	O
scored	O
it	O
863/1000	O
,	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
To	O
put	O
it	O
simply	O
,	O
Arcus	O
Oddysey	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finest	O
examples	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
adventure	O
genre	O
to	O
appear	O
on	O
the	O
Megadrive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
gave	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
a	O
7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
an	O
interesting	O
perspective	O
and	O
enough	O
characters	O
to	O
keep	O
things	O
interesting.	O
"	O
</s>
