<s>
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
is	O
a	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Crawford	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
self-published	O
it	O
in	O
1990	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawford	O
designed	O
the	O
title	O
as	O
a	O
serious	B-Application
game	I-Application
;	O
to	O
be	O
very	O
educational	O
but	O
not	O
necessarily	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
fun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incredible	O
Technologies	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
from	O
the	O
original	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
sees	O
the	O
player	O
balance	O
global	O
economic	O
and	O
ecological	O
forces	O
through	O
taxation	O
and	O
expenditure	O
,	O
with	O
each	O
policy	O
change	O
having	O
a	O
runoff	O
effect	O
to	O
other	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
clearing	B-Application
forests	I-Application
changes	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
CO2	O
in	O
the	O
air	O
,	O
which	O
affects	O
global	O
warming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walker	O
concluded	O
by	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
above	O
average	O
ratings	O
of	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
for	O
both	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
You	O
'd	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
right	O
plonker	O
not	O
to	O
find	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
fascinating	O
in	O
some	O
way.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
noted	O
that	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
contains	O
some	O
interesting	O
information	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
ecology	O
,	O
but	O
criticized	O
its	O
"	O
uninteresting	O
interface	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
too	O
little	O
information	O
on	O
how	O
the	O
simulation	O
works	O
"	O
,	O
remarking	O
that	O
"[t]he	O
most	O
obvious	O
way	O
to	O
find	O
out	O
the	O
gross	O
effects	O
of	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
than	O
20	O
variables	O
is	O
to	O
slog	O
it	O
out	O
with	O
the	O
empirical	O
method	O
:	O
change	O
only	O
one	O
variable	O
to	O
its	O
maximum	O
value	O
,	O
step	O
through	O
all	O
nine	O
stages	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
note	O
the	O
results	O
,	O
start	O
over	O
,	O
change	O
the	O
same	O
variable	O
to	O
its	O
minimum	O
value	O
,	O
and	O
repeat	O
the	O
process.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Crawford	O
created	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
project	O
for	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
made	O
free	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
this	O
reason	O
,	O
he	O
stated	O
that	O
Balance	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Planet	I-Application
's	O
Kickstarter	O
became	O
a	O
dismal	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
