<s>
Caliber	B-Application
.50	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
SETA	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
a	O
United	O
States	O
Air	O
Force	O
pilot	O
who	O
was	O
taken	O
as	O
a	O
prisoner	B-Application
of	I-Application
war	I-Application
in	O
Vietnam	O
in	O
1972	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
version	O
is	O
single-player	O
only	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
now	O
controls	O
Captain	O
Addis	O
of	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Army	O
,	O
who	O
must	O
rescue	O
his	O
fellow	O
soldiers	O
twenty	O
years	O
after	O
he	O
failed	O
to	O
retrieve	O
his	O
men	O
during	O
the	O
Vietnam	O
War	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Caliber	B-Application
.50	I-Application
on	O
their	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
1989	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
second	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
SNK	O
's	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
like	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
,	O
a	O
vehicle	O
can	O
be	O
commandeered	O
in	O
Caliber	B-Application
.50	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
compared	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
,	O
calling	O
Caliber	B-Application
.50	I-Application
"	O
miles	O
better	O
"	O
than	O
SNK	O
's	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
