<s>
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
is	O
a	O
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
3000	O
AD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
against	O
Smart	O
's	O
wishes	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
publisher	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
and	O
negatively	O
received	O
for	O
its	O
incomplete	O
nature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
patched	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
by	O
publisher	O
Interplay	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smart	O
became	O
known	O
to	O
the	O
then-nascent	O
online	O
gaming	O
world	O
through	O
discussions	O
taking	O
place	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
about	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
his	O
development	O
efforts	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
other	O
topics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
's	O
SEC	O
filings	O
on	O
February	O
10	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
stated	O
that	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
accounted	O
for	O
14.2	O
%	O
of	O
revenue	O
for	O
the	O
fiscal	O
year	O
ending	O
October	O
31	O
,	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
continued	O
throughout	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
Interplay	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
publish	O
an	O
improved	O
version	O
(	O
dubbed	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
v2.0	O
)	O
through	O
its	O
Value	O
Product	O
Division	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
product	O
,	O
only	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
was	O
supported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlecruiser	O
Commander	O
-	O
It	O
is	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
sequel	O
of	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlecruiser	O
3020AD	O
-	O
It	O
is	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
sequel	O
of	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
after	O
Battlecruiser	O
Millennium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BC3K	B-Device
:	O
Strike	O
Pak	O
-	O
This	O
game	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
board	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
,	O
ships	O
targeted	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BC3K	B-Device
:	O
Skirmish	O
Pak	O
-	O
This	O
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
addon	O
to	O
the	O
Battlecruiser	O
Commander	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
feature	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
implemented	O
until	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
Millennium	I-Device
Gold	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
publisher	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
released	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
in	O
September	O
1996	O
,	O
it	O
had	O
generated	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
longest	O
and	O
largest	O
flame	O
wars	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
Usenet	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smart	O
and	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
advertised	O
that	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
used	O
a	O
neural	B-Architecture
network	I-Architecture
to	O
perform	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
tasks	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
one	O
article	O
in	O
a	O
computer	O
games	O
magazine	O
,	O
Keith	O
Zabalaoui	O
,	O
former	O
NASA	O
programmer	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
designers	O
of	O
the	O
Close	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
series	I-Application
of	O
strategy	O
games	O
,	O
was	O
quoted	O
as	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
have	O
a	O
hard	O
time	O
believing	O
it	O
's	O
in	O
there	O
...	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
training	O
[	O
neural	O
nets ]	O
to	O
do	O
the	O
complex	O
tasks	O
required	O
in	O
a	O
game	O
is	O
inconceivable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
guarantee	O
you	O
that	O
if	O
there	O
's	O
a	O
neural	O
net	O
that	O
does	O
anything	O
in	O
 [ BC3K ] 	O
this	O
man	O
would	O
be	O
in	O
the	O
Computer	O
Science	O
Hall	O
of	O
fame.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
contained	O
many	O
bugs	O
that	O
made	O
it	O
unstable	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
GameSpy.com	O
reviewer	O
,	O
who	O
asserted	O
that	O
"	O
Smart	O
consistently	O
overrates	O
his	O
own	O
products	O
and	O
his	O
own	O
abilities.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
THQ	O
later	O
ran	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
the	O
ad	O
,	O
featuring	O
a	O
fully	O
dressed	O
,	O
matronly	O
woman	O
mimicking	O
Guest	O
's	O
pose	O
(	O
down	O
to	O
her	O
chewing	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
finger	O
)	O
and	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
replaced	O
by	O
a	O
sign	O
with	O
the	O
THQ	O
logo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
was	O
covered	O
extensively	O
in	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
1992	O
cover	O
story	O
in	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000AD	I-Device
was	O
released	O
against	O
the	O
wishes	O
of	O
its	O
main	O
designer	O
,	O
Derek	O
Smart	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
incomplete	O
and	O
buggy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
column	O
about	O
video	O
game	O
patches	O
in	O
Next	O
Generation	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
patches	O
for	O
Battlecruiser	B-Device
3000	I-Device
"	O
broke	O
as	O
many	O
elements	O
as	O
 [ they ] 	O
fixed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
