<s>
BeamWars	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
snake	B-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
in	O
1992	O
by	O
Steve	O
Crutchfield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prominent	O
among	O
the	O
first	O
generation	O
of	O
games	O
requiring	O
color	O
and	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
II	I-Device
series	O
,	O
BeamWars	B-Application
was	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
third	O
best	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Shareware	B-License
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
"	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MacUser	O
Guide	O
to	O
Shareware	B-License
(	O
1993	O
)	O
stated	O
"	O
BeamWars	B-Application
stands	O
out	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
finest	O
arcade-type	O
games	O
,	O
commercial	O
or	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
ever	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
"	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
delightful	O
,	O
nerve-wracking	O
combination	O
of	O
sound	O
,	O
skill	O
,	O
and	O
color.	O
"	O
</s>
