<s>
Brataccas	O
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brataccas	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
remains	O
of	O
the	O
much-hyped	O
vaporware	B-Application
project	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
partially	O
developed	O
by	O
Imagine	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Occasionally	O
,	O
labeled	O
doors	O
in	O
the	O
rear	O
wall	O
or	O
teleportation	B-General_Concept
booths	O
with	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
cylindrical	O
shower	O
stalls	O
lead	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
different	O
sets	O
of	O
rooms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
control	O
system	O
is	O
an	O
early	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
gesture-based	B-General_Concept
interface	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brataccas	O
had	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
,	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
pair	O
of	O
ambitious	O
"	O
Megagames	O
"	O
planned	O
by	O
Imagine	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
Psyclapse	O
,	O
another	O
proposed	O
Megagame	O
,	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
was	O
eagerly	O
anticipated	O
by	O
teaser	O
adverts	O
placed	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
press	O
in	O
1984	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bandersnatch	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
8-bit	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
home	O
computer	O
,	O
and	O
would	O
have	O
set	O
a	O
new	O
price	O
point	O
for	O
computer	O
games	O
(	O
£39.95	O
vs.	O
the	O
standard	O
rates	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
between	O
£5.95	O
and	O
£11.95	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
intended	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
required	O
a	O
cartridge	O
or	O
dongle	B-Device
to	O
support	O
the	O
demands	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
1984	B-Application
,	O
Sinclair	O
Research	O
paid	O
a	O
rumoured	O
£	O
100,000	O
for	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
and	O
contracted	O
a	O
new	O
company	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
Hetherington	O
and	O
Lawson	O
,	O
Fire	O
Iron	O
,	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Device
QL	I-Device
for	O
release	O
in	O
early	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brataccas	O
featured	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
concepts	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
runs	O
in	O
4-color	O
,	O
640	O
×	O
200	O
resolution	O
,	O
a	O
high	O
resolution	O
mode	O
little	O
used	O
for	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
few	O
games	O
to	O
support	O
the	O
monochrome	O
640	O
×	O
400	O
high	O
resolution	O
which	O
required	O
Atari	O
's	O
monochrome	O
monitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
Horizons	O
started	O
its	O
Amiga	B-Device
review	O
by	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
concept	O
appeared	O
excellent	O
but	O
the	O
early	O
implementation	O
they	O
received	O
was	O
difficult	O
to	O
enjoy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
similar	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
authors	O
say	O
their	O
interface	O
'	O
implies	O
action	O
,	O
'	O
which	O
means	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
tries	O
to	O
sense	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
to	O
do	O
and	O
will	O
proceed	O
to	O
do	O
it	O
for	O
you	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
review	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
impressive	O
graphics	O
and	O
hi-tech	O
,	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
plotline	O
,	O
I	O
really	O
ca	O
n't	O
say	O
Brataccas	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
my	O
favorites	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
On	O
a	O
scale	O
of	O
1	O
to	O
10	O
I	O
would	O
have	O
to	O
give	O
it	O
a	O
5.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Black	B-Application
Mirror	I-Application
interactive	B-Application
film	I-Application
Bandersnatch	B-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
alludes	O
to	O
Imagine	O
Software	O
and	O
the	O
failed	O
work	O
to	O
produce	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
starts	O
on	O
9	O
July	O
1984	B-Application
,	O
the	O
date	O
of	O
Imagine	O
's	O
closure	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
shot	O
of	O
the	O
cover	O
of	O
Crash	O
reporting	O
on	O
the	O
closure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
the	O
fictional	O
software	O
company	O
Tuckersoft	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
developed	O
both	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
places	O
its	O
financial	O
future	O
on	O
the	O
attempt	O
to	O
produce	O
Bandersnatch	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
scenarios	O
falls	O
into	O
bankruptcy	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
fails	O
to	O
appear	O
.	O
</s>
