<s>
Cybermorph	B-Application
is	O
a	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Attention	O
to	O
Detail	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
first	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
23	O
,	O
1993	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
the	O
pack-in	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
console	O
when	O
it	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
morphing	O
fighter	O
craft	O
prototype	O
named	O
the	O
Transmogriffon	O
(	O
shortened	O
to	O
TGriffon	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
mission	O
briefs	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
on-board	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
called	O
Skylar	O
,	O
to	O
battle	O
in	O
The	O
Galactic	O
War	O
against	O
the	O
Pernitia	O
Empire	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
seized	O
information	O
and	O
supplies	O
of	O
the	O
Resistance	O
into	O
pods	O
within	O
planets	O
dominated	O
by	O
them	O
that	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
freed	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
titles	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
,	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
is	O
widely	O
believed	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
originally	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Panther	I-Device
and	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
when	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
terminated	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corp.	O
,	O
instead	O
the	O
project	O
originated	O
as	O
a	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
abandoned	O
Konix	B-Device
Multisystem	I-Device
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybermorph	B-Application
received	O
divisive	O
reviews	O
when	O
it	O
launched	O
,	O
with	O
critics	O
praising	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
semi-open	O
ended	O
levels	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
criticized	O
the	O
sound	O
quality	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
in-game	O
music	O
,	O
repetitive	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
missions	O
and	O
Skylar	O
herself	O
for	O
not	O
being	O
helpful	O
and	O
constantly	O
reminding	O
players	O
when	O
they	O
crash	O
into	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
also	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
with	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
months	O
prior	O
on	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Battlemorph	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1995	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
taking	O
place	O
30	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
events	O
occurred	O
in	O
this	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybermorph	B-Application
is	O
a	O
semi-open	O
3D	O
shooter	O
game	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
pilots	O
the	O
T-Griffon	O
on	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
with	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
of	O
recapturing	O
critical	O
pods	O
spread	O
out	O
across	O
eight	O
different	O
planets	O
in	O
five	O
sectors	O
to	O
explore	O
,	O
fight	O
against	O
the	O
robotic	O
forces	O
of	O
The	O
Pernitia	O
Empire	O
and	O
defeat	O
them	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
sector	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
hidden	O
sixth	O
sector	O
is	O
accessible	O
via	O
cheat	O
code	O
and	O
progress	O
is	O
kept	O
via	O
password	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
cartridge	O
's	O
internal	O
EEPROM	B-General_Concept
only	O
saves	O
high-scores	O
and	O
other	O
settings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Galactic	O
War	O
has	O
begun	O
and	O
robots	B-Device
that	O
can	O
automatically	O
rebuild	O
themselves	O
have	O
been	O
created	O
as	O
ultimate	O
weapons	O
by	O
the	O
Pernitia	O
Empire	O
,	O
who	O
keeps	O
adding	O
planets	O
from	O
multiple	O
sectors	O
to	O
their	O
growing	O
empire	O
and	O
their	O
regenerative	O
technology	O
becomes	O
entrenched	O
permanently	O
into	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
recover	O
the	O
pods	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
resistance	O
fighters	O
can	O
have	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
necessary	O
elements	O
to	O
stop	O
the	O
empire	O
from	O
spreading	O
and	O
free	O
planets	O
conquered	O
by	O
the	O
pernitians	O
by	O
piloting	O
the	O
only	O
fighter	O
craft	O
prototype	O
left	O
:	O
The	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
TransmoGriffon	O
morphing	O
attack	O
craft	O
,	O
or	O
T-Griffon	O
for	O
short	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
transported	O
by	O
intersolar	O
cruisers	O
and	O
only	O
usable	O
in	O
planetary	O
territory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
newly	O
formed	O
team	O
was	O
approached	O
by	O
their	O
mentor	O
Jon	O
Dean	O
for	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jon	O
later	O
approached	O
the	O
team	O
once	O
again	O
,	O
now	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
the	O
Konix	B-Device
Multisystem	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
worked	O
alongside	O
Flare	O
Technology	O
on	O
the	O
operating	O
system	O
,	O
development	O
tools	O
and	O
demos	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
development	O
easy	O
and	O
attract	O
third-party	O
developers	O
for	O
the	O
then-upcoming	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
the	O
many	O
demo	O
programs	O
developed	O
by	O
ATD	O
for	O
the	O
Konix	B-Device
Multisystem	I-Device
was	O
a	O
flying	O
carpet	O
demo	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
11	O
days	O
and	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Zarch	B-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Virus	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
liked	O
it	O
and	O
approached	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
create	O
demos	O
for	O
the	O
then-upcoming	O
Jaguar	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
demo	O
became	O
the	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
Cybermorph'''s	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Faran	O
Thomason	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
best	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
producer	O
of	O
both	O
Bubsy	B-Application
in	I-Application
Fractured	I-Application
Furry	I-Application
Tales	I-Application
and	O
Warlocked	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
worked	O
as	O
a	O
level	O
designer	O
and	O
tester	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
when	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
showcased	O
in	O
Atari	O
Corp.	O
'	O
s	O
US	O
offices	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
basic	O
state	O
,	O
consisting	O
of	O
only	O
the	O
ship	O
flying	O
and	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
Gouraud-shaded	B-Algorithm
terrain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybermorph	B-Application
was	O
first	O
showcased	O
at	O
Atari	O
's	O
August	O
1993	O
press	O
conference	O
at	O
Sunnyvale	O
,	O
California	O
in	O
an	O
early	O
but	O
playable	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
West	O
,	O
who	O
worked	O
as	O
an	O
animator	O
in	O
Trevor	B-Application
McFur	I-Application
in	I-Application
the	I-Application
Crescent	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
,	O
created	O
both	O
the	O
cover	O
art	O
and	O
ending	O
sequence	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sean	O
Patter	O
,	O
producer	O
of	O
both	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
and	O
Iron	B-Application
Soldier	I-Application
,	O
stated	O
that	O
by	O
bringing	O
the	O
testing	O
team	O
to	O
design	O
game	O
resulted	O
in	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
work	O
but	O
he	O
remarked	O
that	O
by	O
doing	O
so	O
resulted	O
in	O
making	O
it	O
into	O
"	O
a	O
much	O
better	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
long	O
run	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
other	O
members	O
at	O
Atari	O
were	O
also	O
involved	O
with	O
its	O
production.Cybermorph	O
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
various	O
hardware	O
features	O
found	O
within	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
such	O
as	O
Z-buffering	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
multiple	O
enemies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
various	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
runs	O
between	O
10-18	O
frames	O
per	O
second	O
and	O
displays	O
around	O
6000	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
on-screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
is	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
light	O
source	O
for	O
all	O
the	O
polygon	B-General_Concept
models	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
Motorola	B-Device
68000	I-Device
is	O
used	O
to	O
move	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	O
of	O
Skylar	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
Victoria	O
Lowe	O
,	O
wife	O
of	O
video	O
game	O
composer	O
David	O
Lowe.Cybermorph	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
pack-in	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
when	O
it	O
launched	O
on	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
November	O
23	O
,	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	O
50	O
:	O
The	O
Anniversary	O
Celebration	O
compilation	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Steam	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
marking	O
its	O
first	O
re-release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reception	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
divided	O
reviewers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
usage	O
of	O
Gouraud	B-Algorithm
shading	I-Algorithm
was	O
widely	O
praised	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
graphics	O
were	O
generally	O
regarded	O
as	O
a	O
disappointment	O
given	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
's	O
capabilities	O
,	O
due	O
primarily	O
to	O
the	O
simplistic	O
,	O
untextured	O
shapes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
's	O
little	O
of	O
the	O
finesse	O
that	O
you	O
find	O
with	O
simulators	O
like	O
TFX	B-Application
,	O
and	O
even	O
Starwing	B-Application
contains	O
much	O
more	O
interesting	O
enemies.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Unfavorable	O
comparisons	O
to	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
's	O
similarly	O
polygon-based	O
shooter	O
Star	B-Application
Fox	I-Application
(	O
titled	O
Starwing	B-Application
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
where	O
Edge	O
was	O
published	O
)	O
came	O
up	O
frequently	O
in	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Santulli	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
remarked	O
in	O
Digital	O
Press	O
that	O
"	O
Starfox	B-Application
is	O
ten	O
times	O
better	O
than	O
this	O
game	O
-	O
and	O
Silpheed	B-Device
,	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
I	O
really	O
thought	O
was	O
all	O
glitz	O
,	O
is	O
easily	O
superior	O
to	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
in	O
terms	O
of	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
critics	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
successfully	O
delivered	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
's	O
promise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simon	O
Clays	O
wrote	O
in	O
Atari	O
ST	O
User	O
that	O
"	O
I	O
've	O
never	O
been	O
overcome	O
in	O
quite	O
the	O
manner	O
I	O
was	O
when	O
I	O
saw	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Otherwise	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
positive	O
reviews	O
for	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
tended	O
to	O
emphasize	O
its	O
gameplay	O
rather	O
than	O
its	O
audio-visual	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Edge	O
reviewer	O
countered	O
his	O
own	O
criticisms	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
by	O
adding	O
that	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
final	O
assessment	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
gameplay	O
that	O
counts	O
and	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
has	O
nothing	O
to	O
fear	O
in	O
that	O
department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
n't	O
matter	O
in	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
like	O
Star	B-Application
Wing	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
does	O
in	O
the	O
tactical	O
approach	O
used	O
by	O
Cybermorph.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lauding	O
the	O
open	O
world	O
environments	O
,	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
massive	O
length	O
,	O
and	O
real-time	O
3D	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
reviewer	O
said	O
that	O
after	O
his	O
first	O
play	O
session	O
with	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
,	O
"	O
I	O
emerged	O
,	O
totally	O
fulfilled	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
strange	O
feeling	O
that	O
after	O
playing	O
video	O
games	O
for	O
9	O
years	O
I	O
had	O
just	O
played	O
the	O
first	O
'	O
real	O
one	O
 '	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Battlemorph	B-Application
,	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
by	O
the	O
time	O
Cybermorph	B-Application
hit	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skylar	O
appears	O
as	O
a	O
boss	O
on	O
the	O
stage	O
Future	O
Fuckballs	O
2010	O
in	O
the	O
2013	O
game	O
Angry	O
Video	O
Game	O
Nerd	O
Adventures''	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Wii	B-Device
U	I-Device
.	O
</s>
