<s>
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Octos	I-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
,	O
turn-based	O
combat	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
computer	O
families	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Steve	O
Kropinak	O
and	O
Al	O
Johnson	O
in	O
1981	B-Application
and	O
published	O
by	O
SoftSide	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
offers	O
in	O
computing	O
magazines	O
promising	O
"	O
up	O
to	O
$1000	O
for	O
your	O
programs	O
,	O
"	O
friends	O
Steve	O
Kropinak	O
and	O
Al	O
Johnston	O
created	O
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Octos	I-Application
and	O
submitted	O
it	O
in	O
1981	B-Application
to	O
SoftSide	O
,	O
a	O
magazine	O
which	O
published	O
user-submitted	O
programs	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	O
8-bit	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
worked	O
out	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
together	O
,	O
Johnston	O
wrote	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
version	O
and	O
Kropinak	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SoftSide	O
paid	O
Johnston	O
and	O
Kropinak	O
$90	O
each	O
for	O
first	O
publishing	O
rights	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
BASIC	O
listing	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
further	O
$90	O
to	O
acquire	O
the	O
full	O
rights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arena	B-Application
of	I-Application
Octos	I-Application
was	O
reprinted	O
in	O
The	O
Best	O
of	O
SoftSide	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
