<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1998	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
co-developed	O
by	O
System	O
Sacom	O
and	O
Sega	O
CS2	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
first-party	O
titles	O
released	O
for	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
and	O
never	O
saw	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
video	O
game	O
where	O
players	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
John	O
Mayor	O
fighting	O
mutants	O
that	O
are	O
overrunning	O
the	O
Big	O
Table	O
underwater	O
research	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mayor	O
is	O
controlled	O
through	O
both	O
traditional	O
tank	O
controls	O
,	O
or	O
with	O
full	O
analogue	O
control	O
using	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
3D	O
Pad	O
gamepad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
meets	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
if	O
Mayor	O
's	O
health	O
is	O
depleted	O
by	O
enemies	O
,	O
Mayor	O
's	O
breath	O
runs	O
out	O
,	O
or	O
local	O
air	O
supply	O
runs	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
begins	O
when	O
a	O
space	O
capsule	O
presumed	O
lost	O
for	O
forty	O
years	O
crashes	O
into	O
the	O
Pacific	O
Ocean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
co-developed	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
by	O
System	O
Sacom	O
and	O
Sega	O
CS2	O
,	O
later	O
known	O
as	O
Overworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
her	O
return	O
to	O
leading	O
game	O
development	O
after	O
a	O
period	O
in	O
management	O
,	O
and	O
she	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
experience	O
due	O
to	O
working	O
with	O
external	O
developers	O
and	O
staff	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Executive	O
producer	O
Youji	O
Ishii	O
stated	O
the	O
team	O
's	O
wish	O
to	O
emulate	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
while	O
co-director	O
Kunihiro	O
Shirahata	O
cited	O
John	O
Carpenter	O
's	O
movie	O
The	O
Thing	O
as	O
inspiration	O
for	O
the	O
narrative	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
July	O
16	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
was	O
among	O
the	O
last	O
first-party	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
in	O
both	O
Japan	O
and	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speaking	O
in	O
a	O
2018	O
interview	O
,	O
Kodama	O
was	O
pleased	O
that	O
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
had	O
a	O
fan	O
base	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
buried	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
late	O
release	O
in	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
was	O
rumoured	O
to	O
be	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
final	O
batch	O
"	O
of	O
Saturn	B-Device
titles	O
before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
but	O
it	O
ultimately	O
went	O
unreleased	O
in	O
the	O
region	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
saw	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
Japanese	O
and	O
European	O
publications	O
,	O
but	O
English	O
language	O
reviews	O
were	O
more	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
frequently	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
,	O
with	O
some	O
reviewers	O
calling	O
Deep	B-Application
Fear	I-Application
a	O
poor	O
imitator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
Mackey	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
feature	O
for	O
1UP.com	O
on	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
"	O
rip-offs	O
"	O
,	O
gave	O
praise	O
to	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
air	O
supply	O
to	O
add	O
tension	O
to	O
the	O
genre	O
formula	O
,	O
and	O
faulted	O
Sega	O
's	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
publish	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
Japan	O
likewise	O
praised	O
the	O
tension	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
enjoyed	O
the	O
gameplay	O
for	O
its	O
challenge	O
,	O
but	O
faulted	O
its	O
linear	O
design	O
and	O
low	O
replayability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edge	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
having	O
"	O
wooden	O
FMVs	O
and	O
atrocious	O
dialogue	O
"	O
,	O
while	O
by	O
contrast	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
lauded	O
the	O
graphics	O
despite	O
noting	O
poor	O
character	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
voice	O
acting	O
was	O
generally	O
panned	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
Mielke	O
who	O
called	O
it	O
better	O
than	O
the	O
first	O
two	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
