<s>
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fan-made	O
tribute	O
game	O
to	O
Sega	O
's	O
Streets	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supplants	O
the	O
original	O
graphics	O
and	O
characters	O
with	O
resources	O
taken	O
from	O
The	B-Application
King	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fighters	I-Application
series	O
,	O
albeit	O
with	O
tongue-in-cheek	O
renames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Senile	B-Application
Team	I-Application
,	O
the	O
underlying	O
engine	O
powering	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
later	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
Open	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
(	O
OpenBOR	O
)	O
game	O
engine	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
supports	O
two-player	O
cooperation	O
and	O
a	O
pseudo-3D	O
field	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
team	O
leader	O
Roel	O
van	O
Mastbergen	O
,	O
Senile	B-Application
Team	I-Application
spent	O
approximately	O
nine	O
months	O
developing	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
initial	O
release	O
in	O
November	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Senile	B-Application
Team	I-Application
members	O
made	O
no	O
active	O
attempt	O
to	O
advertise	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
news	O
spread	O
by	O
word	O
of	O
mouth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
quickly	O
ported	B-Protocol
to	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
popularity	O
increase	O
sufficient	O
to	O
take	O
down	O
mirror	O
hosts	O
such	O
as	O
Dreamcast-Scene	O
within	O
24	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
ports	O
brought	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
to	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Wii	B-Operating_System
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
received	O
significant	O
mainstream	O
media	O
attention	O
,	O
being	O
highlighted	O
in	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
G4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
Senile	B-Application
team	I-Application
announced	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
entitled	O
Age	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
in	O
a	O
high	O
fantasy	O
world	O
of	O
sword	O
and	O
sorcery	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
according	O
to	O
team	O
members	O
"	O
going	O
to	O
smash	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
into	O
a	O
bloody	O
pulp	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
initial	O
preview	O
Senile	B-Application
Team	I-Application
released	O
no	O
further	O
information	O
until	O
Age	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
was	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
project	O
list	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
part	O
of	O
another	O
release	O
(	O
Rush	B-Application
Rush	I-Application
Rally	I-Application
Racing	I-Application
)	O
,	O
an	O
announcement	O
briefly	O
appeared	O
in	O
the	O
team	O
blog	O
stating	O
development	O
costs	O
and	O
time	O
budget	O
to	O
complete	O
Age	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
were	O
insurmountable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
case	O
you	O
did	O
n't	O
know	O
,	O
Age	O
of	O
the	O
Beast	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
we	O
started	O
soon	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
our	O
firstborn	O
,	O
the	O
moddable	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
engine	O
called	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
source	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
stand-alone	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
modular	O
design	O
of	O
in	O
game	O
elements	O
and	O
engine	O
meant	O
end	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
replace	O
assets	O
with	O
creations	O
of	O
their	O
own	O
,	O
called	O
mods	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Seeing	O
the	O
potential	O
in	O
such	O
an	O
application	O
,	O
developer	O
kirby2000	O
obtained	O
source	O
code	O
and	O
licensing	O
permission	O
from	O
Senile	B-Application
Team	I-Application
to	O
continue	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
predecessor	O
it	O
was	O
built	O
from	O
,	O
OpenBOR	O
eliminates	O
the	O
various	O
numerical	O
limitations	O
,	O
provides	O
a	O
high	O
definition	O
graphic	O
suite	O
,	O
adds	O
far	O
more	O
gameplay	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
an	O
extendable	O
C	B-Language
based	I-Language
scripting	I-Language
engine	I-Language
that	O
allows	O
authors	O
to	O
modify	O
,	O
add	O
to	O
,	O
or	O
outright	O
replace	O
default	O
engine	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
efforts	O
towards	O
backward	O
compatibility	O
,	O
most	O
modules	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
Beats	B-Application
of	I-Application
Rage	I-Application
engine	O
will	O
play	O
on	O
OpenBOR	O
.	O
</s>
