<s>
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
written	O
by	O
Fernando	O
Herrera	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parker	O
Brothers	O
licensed	O
it	O
,	O
releasing	O
cartridge	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
console	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
a	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exidy	O
licensed	O
it	O
for	O
arcade	B-Application
use	O
with	O
its	O
Max-A-Flex	O
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
flying	B-Language
saucer	I-Language
is	O
hovering	O
just	O
to	O
the	O
right	O
of	O
center	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
seen	O
exiting	O
a	O
terminal	O
building	O
on	O
the	O
left	O
,	O
walking	O
to	O
the	O
spaceship	O
,	O
waving	O
goodbye	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
beaming	O
aboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
view	O
then	O
cuts	O
to	O
space	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
to	O
cause	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
rapidly	O
scroll	O
in	O
the	O
selected	O
direction	O
,	O
creating	O
the	O
illusion	O
of	O
flight	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
user	O
presses	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
on	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
the	O
stick	O
stops	O
causing	O
the	O
ship	O
to	O
move	O
,	O
and	O
instead	O
fires	O
its	O
weapon	O
in	O
the	O
chosen	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1981	O
,	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
introduced	O
the	O
Atari	O
Star	O
Award	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
new	O
program	O
distributed	O
though	O
their	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
winner	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
$	O
25,000	O
grand	O
prize	O
was	O
Fernando	O
Herrera	O
for	O
My	B-Application
First	I-Application
Alphabet	I-Application
,	O
a	O
children	O
's	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
from	O
the	O
new	O
company	O
,	O
released	O
on	O
7	O
December	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
spent	O
three	O
months	O
in	O
Popular	O
Computer	O
World'''s	O
top-ten	O
list	O
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
awarded	O
"	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Month	O
"	O
by	O
Dealerscope	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	O
computer	O
system	O
version	O
of	O
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
by	O
Video	O
magazine	O
in	O
its	O
"	O
Arcade	B-Application
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
state-of-the-art	O
space	O
shoot-out	O
"	O
and	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
revolutionary	O
game	O
with	O
graphic	O
achievements	O
of	O
stunning	O
virtuosity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Allen	O
Doum	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
What	O
qualifies	O
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
as	O
"	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
art	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
graphics	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Softline	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
is	O
just	O
about	O
all	O
you	O
could	O
ask	O
for	O
in	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
...	O
an	O
exercise	O
in	O
class	O
and	O
style	O
"	O
,	O
citing	O
its	O
"	O
Tremendous	O
graphics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
version	O
,	O
Keita	O
Iida	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
gorgeous	O
3-D	O
starfield	O
is	O
just	O
another	O
2-D	O
maze	O
—	O
with	O
round	O
obstructions	O
instead	O
of	O
walls.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
is	O
one	O
big	O
letdown	O
and	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
reminder	O
that	O
graphics	O
are	O
only	O
skin	O
deep.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
MacPlay	O
released	O
a	O
first-person	O
reworking	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
as	O
Astro	B-Application
Chase	I-Application
3D	O
.	O
</s>
