<s>
CarVup	B-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Core	O
Design	O
in	O
1990	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
City	B-Application
Connection	I-Application
,	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Themed	O
levels	O
include	O
:	O
construction	O
site	O
,	O
Halloween	B-Application
,	O
garden	O
and	O
other	O
various	O
themes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
CarVup	B-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
May	O
1990	B-Application
,	O
and	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
protagonist	O
,	O
Arnie	O
,	O
was	O
initially	O
named	O
Carl	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
was	O
conceived	O
before	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
on	O
a	O
car	O
protagonist	O
;	O
Robert	O
Toon	O
,	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
designer	O
&	O
programmer	O
,	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
decided	O
on	O
an	O
automotive	O
aesthetic	O
because	O
"	O
people	O
can	O
associate	O
with	O
cars	O
and	O
,	O
because	O
it	O
has	O
no	O
brakes	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
easy	O
to	O
explain	O
why	O
it	O
does	O
n't	O
stop	O
moving	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CarVup	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
similarly	O
colorful	O
&	O
cartoony	O
platformers	O
Rainbow	B-Application
Islands	I-Application
and	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
;	O
Terry	O
Lloyd	O
,	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
graphic	O
artist	O
,	O
expressed	O
that	O
he	O
wanted	O
to	O
have	O
cartoon	O
visuals	O
without	O
making	O
them	O
'	O
too	O
simplistic	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toon	O
further	O
expressed	O
that	O
CarVup	B-Application
was	O
made	O
to	O
look	O
"	O
like	O
it	O
came	O
from	O
a	O
console	B-Application
or	O
arcade	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
graphics	O
were	O
created	O
in	O
OCP	B-Application
Art	I-Application
Studio	I-Application
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
larger	O
works	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
were	O
created	O
in	O
DEGAS	B-Application
Elite	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	O
limitations	O
impacted	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
graphic	O
design	O
,	O
limiting	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
frames	O
each	O
animation	O
could	O
have	O
;	O
this	O
also	O
impacted	O
Arnie	O
's	O
sprite	O
,	O
and	O
making	O
it	O
'	O
stand	O
out	O
 '	O
despite	O
the	O
sprite	O
's	O
small	O
size	O
was	O
a	O
priority	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Parallax	O
scrolling	O
is	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
CarVup	B-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
n't	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
gave	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
of	O
CarVup	B-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
90%	O
,	O
praising	O
its	O
'	O
arcade-style	O
'	O
presentation	O
accentuated	O
by	O
its	O
"	O
cute	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
simplistic	O
"	O
and	O
"tremendous[ly]	O
fun	O
"	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
praised	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
which	O
when	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
enemy	O
AI	O
,	O
created	O
a	O
challenge	O
which	O
requires	O
skill	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
further	O
praised	O
CarVup	B-Application
's	O
"	O
wonderfully	O
colourful	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
"	O
jolly	O
"	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
