<s>
Bolo	B-Device
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Jim	O
Lane	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synergistic	O
Software	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Keith	O
Laumer	O
's	O
1976	O
science	O
fiction	O
novel	O
Bolo	B-Device
:	O
Annals	O
of	O
the	O
Dinochrome	O
Brigade	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
self-aware	O
tanks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
startup	O
Bolo	B-Device
requests	O
a	O
level	O
number	O
(	O
1	O
–	O
9	O
)	O
and	O
density	O
(	O
1	O
–	O
5	O
)	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
then	O
generates	O
a	O
random	O
rectangular	O
maze	B-Application
containing	O
six	O
enemy	O
bases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
higher	O
the	O
density	O
specified	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
walls	O
appear	O
in	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
view	O
1/132	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
at	O
one	O
time	O
;	O
indicators	O
on	O
the	O
right	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
show	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
position	O
within	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
the	O
enemy	O
bases	O
and	O
the	O
fuel	O
remaining	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
collides	O
with	O
a	O
bullet	B-Application
,	O
an	O
enemy	O
base	O
or	O
tank	O
,	O
or	O
a	O
wall	O
,	O
a	O
turn	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
all	O
six	O
enemy	O
bases	O
are	O
destroyed	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
presented	O
with	O
a	O
congratulatory	O
message	O
from	O
the	O
Dinochrome	O
Brigade	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
maze	B-Application
(	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
level	O
and	O
density	O
)	O
is	O
generated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bolo	B-Device
uses	O
pixel-perfect	O
collision	O
detection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
in	O
1983	O
said	O
that	O
Bolo	B-Device
"	O
is	O
a	O
hot	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Animation	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
playability	O
—	O
Bolo	B-Device
is	O
in	O
every	O
way	O
a	O
superior	O
'	O
game	O
 '	O
to	O
Tron	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Games	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
"	O
a	O
bit	O
plain	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
Sir-Tech	O
'	O
s	O
Star	B-Application
Maze	I-Application
,	O
but	O
"	O
Bolo'''s	O
play-action	O
is	O
,	O
in	O
its	O
way	O
,	O
every	O
bit	O
as	O
entertaining	O
as	O
the	O
earlier	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Time	O
columnist	O
Lev	O
Grossman	O
ranked	O
Bolo''	O
at	O
number	O
three	O
out	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
10	O
Greatest	O
Games	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Grossman	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
fast	O
action	O
,	O
smooth	O
scrolling	O
,	O
elegant	O
graphics	O
and	O
AI	B-Application
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
