<s>
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
is	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
David	O
Snider	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
was	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
then	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
published	O
a	O
cartridge	O
in	O
the	O
styling	O
of	O
the	O
then-new	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
XEGS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
is	O
closely	O
modeled	O
after	O
the	O
popular	O
real-life	O
pinball	B-Application
table	O
Black	O
Knight	O
,	O
released	O
by	O
Williams	O
in	O
1980	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
stated	O
that	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
"	O
ratifies	O
Bill	O
Budge	O
's	O
extraordinary	O
program	O
as	O
a	O
programming	O
tour	O
de	O
force	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
only	O
equal	O
to	O
Budge	O
's	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
despite	O
being	O
released	O
nine	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
Midnight	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
was	O
a	O
better	O
game	O
than	O
Raster	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
,	O
but	O
lamented	O
the	O
requirement	O
of	O
removing	O
write	B-Device
protection	I-Device
from	O
the	O
floppy	O
,	O
thus	O
voiding	O
the	O
warranty	O
,	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
save	O
high	O
scores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
Home	O
Companion	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
extraordinarily	O
realistic	O
...	O
complete	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
make	O
pinball	B-Application
so	O
seductive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
won	O
"	O
Computer	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
4th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
,	O
where	O
judges	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
is	O
both	O
an	O
exciting	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
fairly	O
faithful	O
evocation	O
of	O
pinball	B-Application
mystique	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Corporation	O
released	O
a	O
pinball	B-Application
game	O
called	O
Midnight	B-Application
Magic	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
2600	O
that	O
plays	O
differently	O
from	O
the	O
similarly	O
named	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Doug	O
Carlston	O
of	O
Broderbund	O
said	O
in	O
1983	O
that	O
Snider	O
earned	O
"	O
somewhere	O
in	O
the	O
six	O
figures	O
"	O
in	O
royalties	O
from	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snider	O
's	O
brother	O
Eric	O
later	O
used	O
his	O
first	O
name	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Eric	B-Operating_System
's	I-Operating_System
Ultimate	I-Operating_System
Solitaire	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
a	O
Visual	B-Application
Pinball	I-Application
recreation	O
of	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
was	O
created	O
called	O
David	B-Application
's	I-Application
Midnight	I-Application
Magic	I-Application
2005	O
which	O
is	O
rendered	O
with	O
modern	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
