<s>
Chimera	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Shahid	O
Ahmad	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Firebird	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Chimera	B-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
through	O
an	O
isometric	O
maze	O
of	O
8	O
x	O
8	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
receives	O
a	O
key	O
combination	O
granting	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
bonus	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
shoot	O
at	O
a	O
row	O
of	O
items	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
Space	B-Application
Invaders	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
bonus	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
crashed	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
programming	O
error	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
author	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
bonus	O
game	O
,	O
A	O
Different	O
Kettle	O
of	O
Fish	O
,	O
was	O
working	O
when	O
the	O
software	O
was	O
shipped	O
to	O
the	O
publisher	O
,	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
Shahid	O
Ahmad	O
was	O
feeling	O
disillusioned	O
and	O
was	O
close	O
to	O
giving	O
up	O
video	O
games	O
after	O
converting	O
Jet	B-Application
Set	I-Application
Willy	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
just	O
three	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
December	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
he	O
was	O
inspired	O
after	O
seeing	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
,	O
wanting	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
began	O
learning	O
to	O
code	O
in	O
Z80	B-General_Concept
,	O
writing	O
his	O
own	O
sprite	O
editor	O
and	O
constructing	O
the	O
spaceship	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Chimera	B-Application
is	O
definitely	O
graphically	O
and	O
sonically	O
superior	O
 [ ... ] 	O
but	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
unfortunately	O
 [ ... ] 	O
weak.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ahmad	O
claims	O
Chimera	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Knight	B-Application
Lore	I-Application
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
because	O
of	O
Chimera	B-Application
that	O
Ahmad	O
continued	O
in	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
happiest	O
day	O
of	O
his	O
game-making	O
life	O
was	O
when	O
Firebird	O
agreed	O
to	O
commission	O
Chimera	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Twenty-five	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
"	O
Chimera	B-Application
"	O
,	O
original	O
game	O
designer	O
Shahid	O
Ahmad	O
announced	O
he	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
25th	O
Anniversary	O
Edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
entitled	O
"	O
Chimera	B-Application
2010	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
never	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
3	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
Ahmad	O
announced	O
a	O
VR	O
spinoff	O
"	O
Chimera	B-Application
Zero	O
"	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
only	O
things	O
"	O
Chimera	B-Application
Zero	O
"	O
has	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
the	O
1985	O
original	O
are	O
the	O
name	O
,	O
robots	O
and	O
an	O
unashamedly	O
sci-fi	O
setting.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Ahmad	O
announced	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Chimera	B-Application
2	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
an	O
alpha	O
build	O
under	O
a	O
pay	O
what	O
you	O
want	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
