<s>
Cthugha	B-Application
is	O
a	O
music	B-Application
visualization	I-Application
computer	B-Application
program	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
by	O
Kevin	O
"	O
Zaph	O
"	O
Burfitt	O
,	O
originally	O
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cthugha	B-Application
was	O
started	O
by	O
Australian	O
coder	O
Kevin	O
"	O
Zaph	O
"	O
Burfitt	O
in	O
September	O
1993	O
under	O
DOS	B-Device
for	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
but	O
not	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
until	O
version	O
2.0	O
in	O
March	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
n't	O
until	O
release	O
5.1p	O
in	O
October	O
1994	O
that	O
popularity	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
took	O
off	O
;	O
this	O
coinciding	O
with	O
the	O
relatively	O
new	O
availability	O
of	O
cheap	O
sound-cards	B-Device
for	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Soundblaster	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cthugha	B-Application
was	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
video	B-Device
wall	I-Device
background	O
for	O
the	O
Australian	O
children	O
's	O
TV	O
game	O
show	O
Challenger	O
,	O
hosted	O
by	O
Zoe	O
Sheridan	O
during	O
the	O
late	O
90s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burfitt	O
stopped	O
work	O
on	O
Cthugha	B-Application
in	O
January	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
were	O
various	O
attempts	O
by	O
others	O
to	O
carry	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
but	O
by	O
that	O
time	O
there	O
were	O
so	O
many	O
clones	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
little	O
enthusiasm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cthugha	B-Application
may	O
have	O
been	O
the	O
forerunner	O
–	O
either	O
in	O
inspiration	O
,	O
or	O
possibly	O
even	O
as	O
source-code	O
–	O
of	O
the	O
numerous	O
and	O
varied	O
"	O
visualisation	B-Application
"	O
plugins	O
for	O
mp3	B-Application
players	O
and	O
media	O
players	O
on	O
many	O
computer	O
architectures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Winamp	B-Application
music	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cthugha	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
's	O
CD	O
,	O
line	O
or	O
microphone	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
oscilloscope	O
patterns	O
of	O
Cthugha	B-Application
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
weird	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
hypnotic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
