<s>
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
in	O
1989	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
began	O
development	O
immediately	O
after	O
Menace	B-Application
,	O
and	O
borrowed	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
team	O
used	O
advanced	O
hardware	O
to	O
develop	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
,	O
using	O
improved	O
graphical	O
and	O
technological	O
processes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
presentation	O
of	O
Mr.	B-Application
Heli	I-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
animations	O
of	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
would	O
later	O
inspire	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Lemmings	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
side-scrolling	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
all	O
three	O
lives	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	B-Application
game	I-Application
ends	I-Application
and	O
the	O
player	O
are	O
sent	O
to	O
a	O
score	O
result	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
successful	O
release	O
of	O
Menace	B-Application
in	O
1988	O
,	O
David	O
Jones	O
began	O
developing	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
on	O
4	O
January	O
1989	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
25MHz	O
386-DX	O
computer	O
that	O
publisher	O
Psygnosis	O
granted	O
him	O
,	O
alongside	O
a	O
Personal	B-Device
Development	I-Device
System	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
saw	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
as	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
concept	O
used	O
in	O
Menace	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
was	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
"	O
cuteness	O
"	O
of	O
Mr.	B-Application
Heli	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
,	O
Jones	O
was	O
determined	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
full	O
colour	O
range	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
opting	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
scrolling	O
;	O
the	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
allowed	O
graphics	O
to	O
be	O
drawn	O
quickly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tony	O
Smith	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
worked	O
on	O
Menace	B-Application
,	O
produced	O
the	O
graphics	O
for	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Jones	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
scrolling	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
developing	O
his	O
own	O
game	O
,	O
Talisman	O
,	O
Mike	O
Dailly	O
created	O
a	O
compact	O
method	O
to	O
move	O
enemies	O
on-screen	O
,	O
which	O
Jones	O
incorporated	O
into	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
animations	O
fascinated	O
Jones	O
 '	O
friend	O
Gary	O
Timmons	O
,	O
who	O
then	O
began	O
experimenting	O
with	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
;	O
his	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
program	O
led	O
to	O
his	O
employment	O
at	O
DMA	O
Design	O
,	O
and	O
inspired	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
animations	O
used	O
in	O
DMA	O
's	O
next	O
game	O
,	O
Walker	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PC	O
by	O
Tim	O
Ansell	O
of	O
Creative	O
Assembly	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
by	O
Jones	O
 '	O
friend	O
Wayne	O
Smithson	O
,	O
while	O
Dailly	O
began	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
following	O
the	O
Personal	O
Computer	O
World	O
Show	O
in	O
September	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
re-worked	O
the	O
multi-directional	O
scrolling	O
,	O
and	O
wrote	O
his	O
own	O
tape	O
loading	O
routines	O
,	O
wanting	O
one	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
simple	O
game	O
while	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
loaded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
designed	O
the	O
graphics	O
for	O
the	O
port	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
confused	O
by	O
the	O
limitations	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
:	O
he	O
had	O
to	O
draw	O
double	O
pixels	O
in	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
limited	O
to	O
sixteen	O
colours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dailly	O
finished	O
developing	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
of	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
on	O
12	O
March	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
game	O
musician	O
Matt	O
Furniss	O
claimed	O
that	O
a	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
was	O
in	O
development	O
with	O
its	O
music	O
complete	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphical	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Barrett	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
best	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
listed	O
Blood	B-Application
Money	I-Application
as	O
the	O
best	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
of	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
ST	O
Format	O
named	O
it	O
the	O
second-best	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
game	O
of	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
sold	O
40,000	O
copies	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
double	O
the	O
sales	O
of	O
Menace	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
Mike	O
Pattenden	O
of	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
criticised	O
the	O
difficulty	O
,	O
noting	O
its	O
lack	O
of	O
rewards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Glancey	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
lauded	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
opening	O
sequence	O
,	O
and	O
called	O
the	O
sprites	O
among	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
designed	O
and	O
most	O
fluidly	O
animated	O
"	O
in	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
believed	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
very	O
advanced	O
,	O
and	O
Barrett	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
class	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
"	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
sprite	O
animations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversely	O
,	O
CU	O
Amigas	B-Device
Pattenden	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
graphics	O
lack	O
depth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Barrett	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
preferred	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
over	O
the	O
music	O
,	O
though	O
felt	O
that	O
they	O
were	O
inferior	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
Menace	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pattenden	O
of	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
felt	O
that	O
the	O
sound	O
is	O
"	O
a	O
poor	O
tune	O
and	O
some	O
average	O
effects	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
ACE	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
little	O
weedy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
