<s>
Bobby	B-Application
Bearing	I-Application
is	O
an	O
isometric	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
The	O
Edge	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Sinclair	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
by	O
Trevor	O
Inns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Bobby	B-Application
Bearing	I-Application
in	O
his	O
search	O
for	O
his	O
four	O
lost	O
brothers	O
and	O
their	O
cousin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
's	O
hard	O
to	O
believe	O
now	O
so	O
many	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
project	O
began	O
,	O
but	O
Bobby	B-Application
Bearing	I-Application
began	O
life	O
as	O
an	O
action-packed	O
arcade-style	O
game	O
inspired	O
by	O
Q-Bert	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
n't	O
have	O
much	O
resemblance	O
to	O
Q-Bert	B-Application
,	O
we	O
were	O
really	O
pleased	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
funny	O
thing	O
is	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
sense	O
in	O
which	O
Bobby	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Marble	B-Device
Madness	I-Device
,	O
or	O
any	O
home	O
micro	O
game	O
such	O
as	O
Gyroscope	B-Application
,	O
and	O
especially	O
not	O
Spindizzy	B-Application
!	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
we	O
had	O
n't	O
heard	O
of	O
Marble	B-Device
Madness	I-Device
and	O
Spindizzy	B-Application
until	O
we	O
spoke	O
to	O
The	O
Edge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
acknowledgements	O
for	O
inspiration	O
are	O
really	O
due	O
to	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
by	O
Ultimate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bobby	B-Application
Bearing	I-Application
was	O
positively	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
debuted	O
at	O
number	O
nine	O
on	O
the	O
sales	O
charts	O
in	O
October	O
1986	B-Application
.	O
</s>
