<s>
Atom	B-Language
is	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Tandy	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
educates	O
the	O
player	O
about	O
the	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
periodic	O
table	O
from	O
hydrogen	O
through	O
xenon	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
command	O
of	O
a	O
ship	O
(	O
presumably	O
a	O
graviton	O
)	O
on	O
an	O
x	O
axis	O
plane	O
to	O
collect	O
and	O
shoot	O
electrons	O
at	O
a	O
spinning	O
atom	B-Language
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
new	O
atom	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
one	O
electron	O
circling	O
,	O
shooting	O
another	O
electron	O
in	O
place	O
will	O
make	O
a	O
hydrogen	O
atom	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
electron	O
misses	O
the	O
target	O
and	O
hits	O
the	O
nucleus	O
,	O
the	O
atom	B-Language
becomes	O
unstable	O
and	O
blows	O
apart	O
,	O
sending	O
electrons	O
flying	O
around	O
the	O
game	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ship	O
needs	O
to	O
find	O
safety	O
behind	O
barriers	O
located	O
in	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
four	O
corners	O
of	O
the	O
arena	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atom	B-Language
is	O
a	O
timed	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
countdown	O
timer	O
in	O
the	O
upper	O
left	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
arena	O
timed	O
in	O
nanoseconds	O
(	O
actually	O
tenths	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
the	O
timer	O
reaches	O
zero	O
,	O
the	O
atom	B-Language
destabilizes	O
and	O
explodes	O
.	O
</s>
