<s>
Curses	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
computer	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Graham	O
Nelson	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
searching	O
the	O
attic	O
for	O
an	O
old	O
tourist	O
map	O
of	O
Paris	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
steps	O
into	O
a	O
surreal	O
adventure	O
to	O
uncover	O
a	O
centuries-old	O
curse	B-Application
that	O
has	O
been	O
placed	O
on	O
the	O
Meldrew	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
missing	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
annul	O
the	O
curse	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Curses	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
on	O
an	O
Acorn	B-Device
Archimedes	I-Device
using	O
Acorn	B-Device
C/C	I-Device
++	I-Device
,	O
before	O
Nelson	O
moved	O
to	O
his	O
Inform	O
programming	O
language	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
simultaneously	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
distributed	O
without	B-License
charge	I-License
as	O
a	O
Z-Code	O
executable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Curses	B-Application
contains	O
some	O
innovations	O
that	O
contribute	O
to	O
its	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
