<s>
Black	B-Application
Lamp	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
computers	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
Power	O
Pack	O
,	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
20	O
games	O
which	O
came	O
with	O
some	O
editions	O
of	O
the	O
computer	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
chance	O
comes	O
for	O
Jack	O
the	O
day	O
a	O
gang	O
of	O
dragons	O
attack	O
the	O
kingdom	O
,	O
stealing	O
the	O
magical	O
black	B-Application
lamp	I-Application
which	O
protects	O
the	O
kingdom	O
from	O
harm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Without	O
the	O
lamp	O
's	O
protection	O
the	O
kingdom	O
is	O
soon	O
overrun	O
by	O
monsters	O
,	O
so	O
Jack	O
sets	O
off	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
black	B-Application
lamp	I-Application
,	O
save	O
the	O
kingdom	O
,	O
and	O
hopefully	O
win	O
the	O
hand	O
of	O
the	O
fair	O
princess	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eight	O
of	O
the	O
nine	O
lamps	O
may	O
be	O
found	O
randomly	O
scattered	O
around	O
the	O
kingdom	O
(	O
in	O
locations	O
which	O
change	O
with	O
each	O
new	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
ninth	O
lamp	O
,	O
the	O
black	B-Application
lamp	I-Application
,	O
is	O
guarded	O
by	O
a	O
dragon	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
defeated	O
before	O
the	O
lamp	O
can	O
be	O
recovered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controlling	O
Jack	O
can	O
be	O
difficult	O
,	O
as	O
unlike	O
many	O
more	O
modern	O
platform	O
games	O
like	O
Mario	B-Application
or	O
Sonic	B-Application
where	O
the	O
character	O
responds	O
immediately	O
to	O
joystick	O
input	O
,	O
Black	B-Application
Lamp	I-Application
moves	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
set	O
increments	O
of	O
distance	O
,	O
so	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
starts	O
walking	O
in	O
one	O
direction	O
,	O
Jack	O
cannot	O
stop	O
or	O
turn	O
around	O
until	O
he	O
has	O
taken	O
a	O
full	O
step	O
in	O
that	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
of	O
Black	B-Application
Lamp	I-Application
,	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
music	O
is	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Elizabethan	O
Serenade	O
by	O
Ronald	O
Binge	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
in-game	O
music	O
is	O
a	O
rendition	O
of	O
the	O
English	O
folk	O
song	O
Greensleeves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
C64	O
versions	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
music	O
is	O
an	O
original	O
piece	O
by	O
Tim	O
Follin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Black	B-Application
Lamp	I-Application
was	O
generally	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
reviewers	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
praising	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
User	O
,	O
Aug	O
1988	O
,	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
7/10	O
,	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
scenery	O
as	O
"	O
beautifully	O
detailed	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
