<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Germany	I-Application
is	O
a	O
turn-based	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Personal	O
Software	O
Services	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Battlefield	B-Application
Germany	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
were	O
known	O
for	O
creating	O
games	O
that	O
revolved	O
around	O
historic	O
war	O
battles	O
and	O
conflicts	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Theatre	B-Application
Europe	I-Application
,	O
Bismark	O
and	O
Falklands	B-Application
'	I-Application
82	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
,	O
Cockayne	O
took	O
a	O
decision	O
to	O
alter	O
their	O
products	O
for	O
release	O
on	O
16-bit	O
consoles	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
found	O
that	O
smaller	O
8-bit	O
consoles	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
lacked	O
the	O
processing	O
power	O
for	O
larger	O
strategy	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Reed	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gamer	O
praised	O
the	O
graphics	O
as	O
being	O
superior	O
compared	O
to	O
Theatre	B-Application
Europe	I-Application
,	O
heralding	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
much	O
more	O
detailed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Reed	O
criticised	O
the	O
originality	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
manual	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
