<s>
Bone	B-Application
Cruncher	I-Application
is	O
a	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
first	O
published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
collects	O
bones	O
from	O
around	O
the	O
chambers	O
of	O
his	O
castle	O
and	O
uses	O
them	O
to	O
make	O
soap	O
in	O
a	O
cauldron	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
the	O
gameplay	O
mechanics	O
popularised	O
in	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
and	O
Superior	O
's	O
own	O
Repton	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
submitted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
,	O
who	O
had	O
recently	O
published	O
the	O
similar	O
Repton	B-Application
3	I-Application
on	O
the	O
C64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Superior	O
commissioned	O
conversions	O
to	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
machines	O
on	O
which	O
they	O
were	O
market	O
leaders	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
almost	O
identical	O
,	O
with	O
no	O
real	O
changes	O
for	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
launched	O
before	O
Christmas	O
1987	O
with	O
all	O
four	O
versions	O
being	O
advertised	O
but	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
delayed	O
,	O
finally	O
getting	O
released	O
in	O
Spring	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ACE	O
gave	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
943	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
1000	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
948	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
also	O
picked	O
out	O
the	O
character	O
animation	O
for	O
praise	O
in	O
their	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
C64	O
versions	O
and	O
while	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
awarding	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
70%	O
,	O
the	O
review	O
questions	O
the	O
relevance	O
of	O
this	O
type	O
of	O
game	O
;	O
"	O
Bone	B-Application
Cruncher	I-Application
is	O
an	O
old-style	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
general	O
aim	O
is	O
a	O
little	O
tired	O
by	O
today	O
's	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
reviewing	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
they	O
gave	O
a	O
lower	O
score	O
of	O
61%	O
as	O
while	O
conceding	O
it	O
"	O
plays	O
just	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
8-bit	O
game	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
lacks	O
any	O
attempt	O
at	O
improvement	O
"	O
on	O
a	O
much	O
more	O
capable	O
machine	O
was	O
considered	O
a	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
