<s>
Blasto	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platforming	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Sony	O
Interactive	O
Studios	O
America	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Phil	O
Hartman	O
voiced	O
Captain	O
Blasto	B-Application
,	O
an	O
extremely	O
muscular	O
,	O
alien-fighting	O
,	O
dimwitted	O
captain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blasto	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
PlayStation	B-Device
games	O
to	O
use	O
both	O
control	O
sticks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
,	O
Captain	O
Blasto	B-Application
is	O
the	O
only	O
hero	O
who	O
can	O
foil	O
him	O
and	O
his	O
evil	O
ambitions	O
and	O
set	O
out	O
to	O
rescue	O
the	O
stranded	O
Space	O
Babes	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blasto	B-Application
is	O
also	O
the	O
only	O
type	O
of	O
hero	O
who	O
does	O
n't	O
mind	O
catching	O
Space	O
Babes	O
in	O
distress	O
every	O
now	O
and	O
then	O
,	O
especially	O
when	O
it	O
comes	O
to	O
exploring	O
and	O
venturing	O
across	O
through	O
the	O
Planet	O
Uranus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
announced	O
until	O
the	O
June	O
1997	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
,	O
Blasto	B-Application
had	O
been	O
secretly	O
in	O
development	O
since	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wanting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
free	O
of	O
load	B-Operating_System
times	I-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
stream	O
constantly	O
off	O
the	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
None	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
's	O
graphics	O
libraries	O
were	O
used	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
developers	O
instead	O
using	O
custom	O
tools	O
and	O
low-level	O
programming	O
to	O
bring	O
models	O
built	O
in	O
Alias	B-Device
directly	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
vertex	O
lighting	O
is	O
a	O
time-consuming	O
process	O
for	O
artists	O
,	O
Sony	O
gave	O
the	O
Blasto	B-Application
team	O
carte	O
blanche	O
in	O
taking	O
artists	O
from	O
other	O
teams	O
to	O
get	O
the	O
project	O
completed	O
on	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Producer	O
and	O
designer	O
Jonathan	O
Beard	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
protagonist	O
Captain	O
Blasto	B-Application
was	O
conceived	O
as	O
a	O
parody	O
of	O
heroes	O
such	O
as	O
Flash	B-Application
Gordon	I-Application
and	O
Buck	O
Rogers	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
comedic	O
amount	O
of	O
overconfidence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
announced	O
for	O
a	O
late	O
1997	O
release	O
,	O
Blasto	B-Application
was	O
later	O
pushed	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
Japanese	O
release	O
planned	O
as	O
advertised	O
via	O
a	O
promo	O
video	O
included	O
on	O
Dengeki	O
PlayStation	B-Device
D14	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
cancelled	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
released	O
in	O
PAL	B-Language
regions	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
episode	O
(	O
level	O
)	O
3	O
was	O
removed	O
due	O
to	O
space	O
limitations	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
PAL	B-Language
version	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
said	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
despite	O
all	O
the	O
problems	O
,	O
this	O
is	O
n't	O
the	O
worst	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
hold	O
a	O
candle	O
to	O
the	O
best	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
the	O
mediocre.	O
"	O
</s>
