<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ultra/United	O
Games	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Power	O
Media	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gameplay	O
uses	O
a	O
two-joystick	O
configuration	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
was	O
co-designed	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
almost	O
two	O
years	O
by	O
Scott	O
Laing	O
and	O
Andrew	O
Campbell	O
,	O
being	O
influenced	O
by	O
various	O
arcade	O
games	O
and	O
most	O
notably	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
team	O
at	O
Ultra/United	O
Games	O
were	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
first	O
launched	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
by	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
demo	O
released	O
by	O
Green	O
Dragon	O
Creations	O
and	O
Monkey	O
Byte	O
Online	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade-style	O
top-down	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
and	O
Tron	B-Application
,	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
15-year	O
old	O
character	O
piloting	O
her	O
Soyuz	O
1183-A	O
BattleCraft	O
across	O
more	O
than	O
99	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
stages	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
Great	O
Machine	O
and	O
its	O
function	O
pods	O
by	O
destroying	O
malicious	O
programmers	O
by	O
Terminus	O
,	O
a	O
weapon	O
built	O
by	O
terrorist	O
organization	O
Chaos	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Ultra/United	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
founded	O
by	O
Scott	O
Laing	O
in	O
February	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
various	O
interviews	O
and	O
the	O
December	O
18	O
,	O
1998	O
issue	O
of	O
online	O
magazine	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Explorer	O
Online	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
described	O
their	O
project	O
as	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
Sinistar	B-Application
,	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
,	O
Defender	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Light	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
,	O
as	O
Laing	O
stated	O
that	O
Tempest	B-Application
2000	I-Application
was	O
the	O
title	O
which	O
got	O
him	O
back	O
into	O
video	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
most	O
influential	O
during	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
development	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
staff	O
being	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
was	O
first	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
Power	O
Media	O
in	O
September	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
by	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Explorer	O
Online	O
editor	O
Clay	O
Halliwell	O
about	O
a	O
potential	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
Laing	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
possible	O
but	O
remarked	O
on	O
several	O
technical	O
issues	O
for	O
its	O
realization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1999	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
version	O
was	O
re-released	O
by	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
asked	O
about	O
a	O
potential	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
version	O
or	O
a	O
solution	O
to	O
run	O
the	O
game	O
properly	O
on	O
Classic	B-Application
Mac	I-Application
OS	I-Application
,	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
stated	O
they	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battle-Girl	B-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
very	O
positive	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
four	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
In	O
a	O
world	O
where	O
games	O
like	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
or	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
may	O
take	O
hours	O
to	O
finish	O
even	O
a	O
single	O
level	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
good	O
to	O
see	O
titles	O
like	O
Battle-Girl	B-Application
keeping	O
the	O
hoary	O
excuse	O
'	O
videogames	O
improve	O
hand-eye	O
coordination	O
,	O
'	O
a	O
believable	O
one.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jaguar	B-Device
Explorer	O
Onlines	O
Clay	O
Halliwell	O
regarded	O
it	O
to	O
be	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
shoot-em-ups	O
ever	O
"	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
a	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
"	O
would	O
be	O
perfect	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Stephen	O
of	O
Feral	O
Interactive	O
regarded	O
Bungie	O
's	O
Oni	B-Application
as	O
a	O
sister	O
game	O
to	O
Battle-Girl	B-Application
with	O
the	O
same	O
spirit	O
,	O
albeit	O
in	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2005	O
,	O
the	O
official	O
world	O
record	O
for	O
Battle-Girl	B-Application
is	O
held	O
by	O
Michael	O
P	O
.	O
Minori	O
from	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
,	O
California	O
with	O
3,503,101	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
