<s>
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing/shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics	O
and	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
pack-in	O
game	O
with	O
Panasonic	O
's	O
original	O
3DO	B-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
,	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
cyberpunks	O
,	O
each	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
unique	O
car	O
and	O
a	O
deadly	O
supply	O
of	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crystal	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
licensed	O
developer	O
for	O
3DO	B-Device
,	O
a	O
gaming	O
hardware	O
platform	O
simultaneously	O
funded	O
by	O
Kleiner	O
Perkins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
Strauss	O
Zelnick	O
,	O
president	O
of	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
's	O
film	O
studio	O
,	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
run	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1993	B-Application
editorial	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
declared	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
hottest	O
new	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
on	O
the	O
upscale	O
scene	O
is	O
definitely	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Mark	O
Wallace	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics	O
,	O
with	O
Bill	O
Mitchell	O
and	O
Bill	O
Willis	O
as	O
lead	O
programmers	O
and	O
Mark	O
Cerny	O
as	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
in	O
October	O
1993	B-Application
received	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
attention	O
in	O
the	O
press	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
multimedia	O
wave	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
computer	O
world	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Return	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
,	O
Road	B-Application
Rash	I-Application
,	O
FIFA	B-Application
International	I-Application
Soccer	I-Application
and	O
Jurassic	B-Application
Park	I-Application
Interactive	I-Application
had	O
been	O
slated	O
for	O
launch	O
releases	O
but	O
were	O
pushed	O
to	O
mid-1994	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
developers	O
 '	O
struggles	O
with	O
the	O
sophisticated	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
also	O
made	O
continued	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
console	O
hardware	O
almost	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
which	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
third-party	O
titles	O
missing	O
the	O
launch	O
date	O
and	O
in	O
some	O
cases	O
by	O
less	O
than	O
a	O
month	O
,	O
because	O
the	O
developers	O
were	O
not	O
left	O
enough	O
time	O
to	O
fully	O
test	O
them	O
on	O
the	O
finalized	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
only	O
software	O
available	O
at	O
launch	O
was	O
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
shortly	O
after	O
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Company	O
dropped	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
Trip	O
Hawkins	O
pointed	O
out	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
essentially	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
coordination	O
between	O
the	O
company	O
,	O
Panasonic	O
and	O
the	O
console	O
's	O
software	O
developers	O
which	O
had	O
led	O
to	O
it	O
launching	O
with	O
only	O
one	O
game	O
ready	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
complex	O
and	O
exciting	O
game	O
once	O
you	O
get	O
into	O
[it]",	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
strong	O
enough	O
game	O
to	O
sell	O
a	O
system	O
as	O
expensive	O
as	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
received	O
the	O
Best	O
Driving	O
Game	O
award	O
from	O
GameFans	O
1993	B-Application
Megawards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Crash	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Burn	I-Application
,	O
Crystal	O
Dynamics	O
would	O
later	O
become	O
known	O
for	O
developing	O
the	O
Legacy	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kain	I-Application
and	O
Gex	O
series	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
later	O
entries	O
in	O
the	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
2006	O
title	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
:	I-Application
Legend	I-Application
.	O
</s>
