<s>
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
third-person	O
action	O
game	O
by	O
developer	O
Cyclone	O
Studios	O
,	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
3DO	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
initially	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
exclusive	O
for	O
3DO	B-Device
's	O
Interactive	B-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
console	I-Device
,	O
after	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
PC	B-Device
platform	O
in	O
1997	O
(	O
a	O
route	O
followed	O
by	O
many	O
other	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
titles	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
,	O
isometric	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
will	O
not	O
run	O
on	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
post	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
unless	O
compatibility	B-Application
mode	I-Application
is	O
toggled	O
for	O
post	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
was	O
Cyclone	O
Studios	O
 '	O
first	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
then	O
took	O
the	O
prototype	O
,	O
character	O
designs	O
,	O
and	O
scripts	O
to	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
who	O
decided	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
applauded	O
the	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
action	O
,	O
cartoonish	O
and	O
humorous	O
graphics	O
,	O
compelling	O
cinemas	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
enormous	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewer	O
Scary	O
Larry	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
action	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
positively	O
on	O
the	O
humor	O
,	O
graphics	O
effects	O
,	O
music	O
,	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
large	O
amount	O
of	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
fun	O
gameplay	O
,	O
though	O
like	O
the	O
other	O
critics	O
he	O
acknowledged	O
that	O
the	O
aiming	O
is	O
tough	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
handle	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
editors	O
named	O
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
their	O
3DO	B-Device
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
they	O
noted	O
that	O
far	O
fewer	O
3DO	B-Device
games	O
had	O
come	O
out	O
in	O
1996	O
than	O
in	O
previous	O
years	O
,	O
they	O
felt	O
that	O
with	O
its	O
fast-paced	O
action	O
and	O
high	O
replay	O
value	O
,	O
Captain	B-Application
Quazar	I-Application
genuinely	O
merited	O
an	O
award	O
(	O
whereas	O
other	O
systems	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
discontinued	O
during	O
the	O
year	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
,	O
32X	B-Device
,	O
and	O
CD-i	B-Device
,	O
were	O
not	O
allotted	O
their	O
own	O
category	O
in	O
EGMs	O
"	O
Best	O
of	O
'	O
96	O
"	O
awards	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
