<s>
Blaster	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first-person	O
rail	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
released	O
for	O
arcades	O
by	O
Williams	O
Electronics	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
vague	O
sequel	O
to	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
set	O
in	O
outer	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
–	O
something	O
not	O
made	O
public	O
until	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Neither	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
nor	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
has	O
bitmap	O
scaling	O
hardware	O
;	O
the	O
Atari	O
CPU	O
has	O
a	O
higher	O
clock	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blaster	B-Application
was	O
sold	O
in	O
both	O
Duramold	O
and	O
,	O
much	O
less	O
commonly	O
,	O
traditional	O
wooden	O
cabinets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
implies	O
,	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Robotron	B-Application
:	I-Application
2084	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
robots	B-Algorithm
in	O
the	O
first	O
stage	O
,	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
Robotron	O
characters	O
make	O
an	O
appearance	O
in	O
Blaster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
controlled	O
with	O
an	O
optical	B-Device
joystick	I-Device
and	O
two	O
buttons	O
:	O
fire	O
and	O
thrust	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
life	O
bar	O
,	O
in	O
likeness	O
to	O
similar	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
;	O
however	O
,	O
in	O
this	O
implementation	O
,	O
the	O
life	O
bar	O
represents	O
three	O
hit	O
points	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
a	O
continuum	O
of	O
health	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blaster	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
programmed	O
by	O
Vid	O
Kidz	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
5200	I-General_Concept
console	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Motorola	B-Device
6809	I-Device
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
machine	O
runs	O
at	O
only	O
1MHz	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
man	O
did	O
it	O
hurt	O
"	O
,	O
says	O
Jarvis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blaster	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
game	O
show	O
Starcade	O
.	O
</s>
