<s>
Chicken	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
written	O
by	O
Mike	O
Potter	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
1978	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
Avalanche	B-Application
,	O
replacing	O
the	O
buckets	O
and	O
boulders	O
with	O
a	O
hen	O
trying	O
to	O
catch	O
her	O
eggs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chicken	O
follows	O
the	O
design	O
of	O
the	O
1978	O
arcade	O
game	O
Avalanche	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
twists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
action	B-Application
increases	O
in	O
pace	O
until	O
it	O
becomes	O
extremely	O
fast-paced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
can	O
be	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
best	O
played	O
with	O
a	O
paddle	B-Device
controller	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mike	O
Potter	O
joined	O
Synapse	O
in	O
1981	O
after	O
writing	O
the	O
game	O
Protector	B-Application
and	O
initially	O
distributing	O
it	O
through	O
another	O
company	O
,	O
Crystalware	O
.	O
</s>
