<s>
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
loosely	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
1982	O
film	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
,	O
but	O
is	O
technically	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
soundtrack	O
by	O
Vangelis	O
as	O
the	O
publishers	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
obtain	O
a	O
licence	O
for	O
a	O
film	O
tie-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1985	O
by	O
CRL	O
Group	O
PLC	O
for	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Vangelis	O
soundtrack	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
1982	O
Blade	B-Application
Runner	I-Application
movie	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Replidroids	O
(	O
sic	O
for	O
replicants	B-Application
)	O
,	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
space	O
,	O
have	O
been	O
banned	O
from	O
Earth	O
following	O
a	O
revolt	O
on	O
a	O
colony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
hunting	O
down	O
replicants	B-Application
for	O
bounty	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
first	O
presents	O
the	O
player	O
with	O
a	O
map	O
showing	O
the	O
locations	O
of	O
the	O
fugitive	O
replicants	B-Application
and	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
flying	O
car	O
,	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
steered	O
over	O
a	O
droid	O
on	O
the	O
map	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
the	O
game	O
switches	O
to	O
a	O
side	O
scrolling	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
avoid	O
crowds	O
and	O
cars	O
whilst	O
in	O
pursuit	O
of	O
the	O
replicant	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
levels	O
increase	O
,	O
so	O
does	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
replicants	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
level	O
replicants	B-Application
are	O
slow	O
and	O
stupid	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
sixth	O
level	O
ones	O
are	O
faster	O
than	O
a	O
human	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
also	O
criticised	O
the	O
sluggishness	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
controls	O
and	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
too	O
much	O
like	O
a	O
cut-down	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
hit	O
1984	O
game	O
Ghostbusters	B-Application
.	O
</s>
