<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
Gee	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bomb	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
success	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Matt	O
Barton	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
book	O
Vintage	O
Games	O
2.0	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
did	O
not	O
sell	O
well	O
and	O
likely	O
sold	O
the	O
same	O
amount	O
of	O
machines	O
as	O
Gee	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
did	O
n't	O
meet	O
sales	O
expectations	O
either	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
success	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
later	O
release	O
Galaxian	B-Application
,	O
a	O
revolutionary	O
shooting	O
game	O
,	O
is	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
contributed	O
to	O
its	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Galaxian	B-Application
proved	O
successful	O
,	O
Namco	O
offered	O
to	O
bundle	O
Bomb	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
machines	O
with	O
Galaxian	B-Application
to	O
arcade	O
owners	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
clear	O
inventory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Retrospectively	O
in	O
1998	O
,	O
Earl	O
Green	O
of	O
AllGame	O
said	O
that	O
outside	O
a	O
few	O
minor	O
differences	O
,	O
Bomb	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
was	O
largely	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
blog	O
Before	O
Mario	O
,	O
Erik	O
Voskuel	O
says	O
that	O
Bomb	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
marks	O
the	O
first	O
collaboration	O
between	O
Namco	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
,	O
two	O
developers	O
that	O
would	O
work	O
together	O
on	O
many	O
more	O
titles	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
a	O
historically-significant	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Voskuel	O
also	O
says	O
that	O
Bomb	B-Application
Bee	I-Application
is	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
appearance	O
of	O
a	O
third-party	O
title	O
on	O
a	O
Nintendo	O
console	O
,	O
and	O
being	O
among	O
Iwatani	O
's	O
earliest	O
creations	O
before	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
