<s>
Colony	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Ste	O
Cork	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
by	O
Mastertronic	O
on	O
their	O
Bulldog	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Overpopulation	O
has	O
caused	O
humanity	O
to	O
grow	O
food	O
in	O
colonies	B-Application
on	O
other	O
planets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
use	O
the	O
droid	O
under	O
their	O
control	O
to	O
maintain	O
and	O
harvest	O
the	O
mushrooms	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
look	O
after	O
and	O
protect	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
takes	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
flip-screen	O
environment	O
consisting	O
of	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
itself	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
made-up	O
of	O
storehouses	O
,	O
some	O
specialist	O
buildings	O
,	O
mushroom	O
fields	O
and	O
areas	O
for	O
solar	O
panels	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
surrounding	O
desert	O
of	O
the	O
alien	O
planet	O
which	O
is	O
filled	O
with	O
various	O
giant	O
insects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
is	O
to	O
grow	O
mushrooms	O
for	O
shipment	O
back	O
to	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colony	B-Application
is	O
surrounded	O
by	O
a	O
security	O
fence	O
which	O
keeps	O
the	O
giant	O
insects	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
and	O
from	O
causing	O
mischief	O
therein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
security-fencing	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
-	O
barbed	O
wire	O
(	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
weakest	O
)	O
,	O
wooden-fencing	O
(	O
the	O
default	O
fencing-type	O
which	O
is	O
already	O
in	O
use	O
around	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
when	O
the	O
game	O
starts	O
)	O
and	O
steel	O
fencing	O
(	O
the	O
strongest	O
fencing	O
type	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
colony	B-Application
is	O
powered	O
by	O
free-standing	O
solar	O
panels	O
which	O
are	O
located	O
within	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
,	O
the	O
insects	O
chew	O
these	O
to	O
pieces	O
as	O
well	O
and	O
can	O
devastate	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
's	O
power	O
supply	O
if	O
not	O
checked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
plenty	O
of	O
mushrooms	O
have	O
been	O
grown	O
and	O
safely	O
packed-away	O
for	O
pick-up	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
send	O
a	O
message	O
to	O
Earth	O
to	O
have	O
a	O
spaceship	O
sent	O
en	O
route	O
to	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
to	O
pick	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ship	O
requires	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
's	O
landing	O
beacon	O
to	O
be	O
on	O
when	O
it	O
arrives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beacon	O
drains	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
's	O
power-supply	O
quickly	O
so	O
it	O
is	O
important	O
to	O
only	O
leave	O
it	O
on	O
as	O
long	O
as	O
necessary	O
and	O
also	O
to	O
ensure	O
that	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
's	O
power-storage	O
is	O
suitably	O
high	O
before	O
activating	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
droid	O
can	O
also	O
set	O
traps	O
almost	O
anywhere	O
in	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
and	O
the	O
desert	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
destroy	O
the	O
giant	O
insects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
also	O
"	O
permanent	O
"	O
traps	O
covering	O
areas	O
where	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
is	O
completely	O
open	O
to	O
the	O
desert	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
reliant	O
on	O
the	O
colony	B-Application
's	O
power	O
supply	O
and	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
allows	O
the	O
power	O
to	O
drop	O
too	O
low	O
these	O
traps	O
will	O
disappear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colony	B-Application
received	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
5/10	O
from	O
Commodore	O
User	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
reached	O
number	O
two	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	O
charts	O
behind	O
BMX	B-Application
Simulator	I-Application
.	O
</s>
