<s>
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
(	O
L'Arche	O
du	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
in	O
France	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
French	O
video	O
game	O
made	O
by	O
ERE	O
Informatique	O
(	O
soon	O
relabeled	O
with	O
their	O
short-lived	O
Exxos	O
label	O
)	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Thomson	B-Device
TO8	I-Device
/	O
MO6	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
titular	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
1980s	O
video	O
game	O
designer	O
,	O
Bob	O
Morlock	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
picked	O
"	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
"	O
as	O
a	O
nickname	O
in	O
tribute	O
to	O
the	O
film	O
starring	O
Errol	O
Flynn	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
track	O
down	O
and	O
disintegrate	O
five	O
clones	O
of	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
(	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Duplicates	O
or	O
Numbers	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
unique	O
facets	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
included	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
interface	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
progressed	O
;	O
as	O
time	O
wore	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
health	O
deteriorated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
successfully	O
navigate	O
the	O
probe	O
over	O
a	O
fractal	B-Application
landscape	O
,	O
eventually	O
reaching	O
the	O
alien	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
a	O
valley	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
jointly	O
by	O
Didier	O
Bouchon	O
and	O
Philippe	O
Ulrich	O
,	O
both	O
contributing	O
design	O
and	O
scenario	O
,	O
and	O
Bouchon	O
graphics	O
and	O
programming	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bouchon	O
originally	O
designed	O
covers	O
for	O
ERE	O
informatique	O
's	O
Gazoline	O
Software	O
label	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
learned	O
to	O
program	O
in	O
assembly	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
after	O
Ulrich	O
provided	O
him	O
with	O
an	O
assembler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bouchon	O
then	O
created	O
fractal-generated	O
realtime	O
graphics	O
that	O
inspired	O
both	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
sci-fi	O
inspired	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
ERE	O
's	O
absorption	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
in	O
summer	O
of	O
1987	O
(	O
partly	O
justified	O
by	O
preliminary	O
versions	O
of	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
)	O
,	O
Ulrich	O
and	O
Bouchon	O
isolated	O
themselves	O
in	O
the	O
Landes	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
ready	O
for	O
Christmas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
adaptations	O
for	O
both	O
16-bit	O
and	O
8-bit	O
machines	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
successive	O
months	O
,	O
although	O
they	O
were	O
straight	O
ports	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
in	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
effects	O
or	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orson	O
Scott	O
Card	O
praised	O
Captain	B-Device
Bloods	I-Device
EGA	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
and	O
science-fiction	O
story	O
,	O
but	O
wrote	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Info	O
magazine	O
—	O
January/February	O
1989	O
—	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
5	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
stars	O
,	O
remarking	O
:	O
"	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
is	O
a	O
marvelously	O
alien	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
sold	O
more	O
than	O
100,000	O
copies	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
was	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
sequel	O
Commander	B-Application
Blood	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
and	O
later	O
by	O
Big	O
Bug	O
Bang	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
a	O
French-only	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
