<s>
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
John	O
Field	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
were	O
released	O
alongside	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
concept	O
and	O
visuals	O
to	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc.	O
'	O
s	O
1981	O
Tempest	B-Application
arcade	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
M.U.L.E.	B-Application
,	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
,	O
Archon	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Light	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Worms	O
?,	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
initial	O
titles	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Field	O
also	O
wrote	O
The	O
Last	O
Gladiator	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
as	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
Arnie	O
Katz	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
if	O
John	O
Field	O
's	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
is	O
a	O
true	O
foretaste	O
of	O
what	O
we	O
can	O
expect	O
from	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
then	O
there	O
's	O
no	O
question	O
that	O
computer	O
gaming	O
has	O
gained	O
another	O
first-rate	O
software	O
producer.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Katz	O
and	O
cohort	O
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
also	O
discussed	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
Arcade	O
Alley	O
"	O
column	O
of	O
Video	O
,	O
stating	O
,	O
"	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
...	O
has	O
only	O
one	O
discernable	O
problem	O
:	O
its	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
the	O
obvious	O
and	O
misleading	O
connotations	O
of	O
'	O
Axis	O
,	O
'	O
this	O
is	O
a	O
semi-abstract	O
target-shoot	O
in	O
the	O
Tempest	B-Application
genre	O
–	O
not	O
a	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
spy	O
adventure.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
in	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
magazine	O
three	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
was	O
less	O
enthusiastic	O
,	O
concluding	O
"	O
there	O
...	O
'	O
s	O
nothing	O
really	O
wrong	O
with	O
Axis	B-Application
Assassin	I-Application
,	O
but	O
there	O
's	O
no	O
real	O
reason	O
why	O
anybody	O
should	O
make	O
time	O
to	O
play	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
