<s>
Exile	B-Application
is	O
a	O
single-player	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
in	O
1988	B-Application
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
CD32	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
all	O
published	O
by	O
Audiogenic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Irvin	O
(	O
creator	O
of	O
Starship	O
Command	O
)	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Smith	O
(	O
creator	O
of	O
Thrust	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
often	O
cited	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
Metroidvania	O
game	O
and	O
featured	O
"	O
realistic	O
gravity	O
,	O
inertia	O
and	O
object	O
mass	O
years	O
before	O
players	O
understood	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
physics	O
engine	O
...	O
an	O
astounding	O
level	O
of	O
AI	B-Application
,	O
stealth-based	O
gameplay	O
,	O
a	O
logical	O
ecosystem	O
governing	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
creatures	O
and	O
a	O
teleportation	O
mechanic	O
that	O
feels	O
startlingly	O
like	O
a	O
predecessor	O
to	O
Portal	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Mike	O
Finn	O
,	O
a	O
leading	O
member	O
of	O
a	O
space-exploration	O
organisation	O
called	O
Columbus	O
Force	O
,	O
who	O
have	O
been	O
ordered	O
to	O
the	O
planet	O
Phoebus	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
rescue	O
mission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finn	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
abetting	O
Commander	O
David	O
Sprake	O
and	O
the	O
surviving	O
crew	O
of	O
the	O
disabled	O
Pericles	O
ship	O
from	O
a	O
psychotic	O
renegade	O
genetic	O
engineer	O
,	O
Triax	O
(	O
the	O
titular	O
Exile	B-Application
)	O
,	O
who	O
appears	O
briefly	O
at	O
the	O
very	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
removing	O
a	O
vital	O
piece	O
of	O
equipment	O
called	O
a	O
Destinator	O
from	O
Mike	O
's	O
ship	O
,	O
the	O
Perseus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Elite	B-Application
,	O
a	O
novella	O
(	O
written	O
by	O
Mark	O
Cullen	O
,	O
with	O
input	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
authors	O
)	O
was	O
included	O
to	O
set	O
up	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
some	O
clues	O
as	O
to	O
the	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
Phoebus	B-Application
 '	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
tasked	O
with	O
traversing	O
a	O
network	O
of	O
tunnels	O
,	O
collecting	O
and	O
interacting	O
with	O
objects	O
,	O
engaging	O
hostile	O
and	O
friendly	O
creatures	O
,	O
rescuing	O
survivors	O
and	O
ultimately	O
defeating	O
Triax	O
and	O
escaping	O
from	O
Phoebus	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	B-Application
permits	O
a	O
degree	O
of	O
nonlinear	O
gameplay	O
–	O
challenges	O
may	O
be	O
overcome	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
possible	O
orders	O
and	O
not	O
all	O
events	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
artificial	I-Application
intelligence	I-Application
features	O
innovative	O
routines	O
such	O
as	O
creatures	O
demonstrating	O
awareness	O
of	O
nearby	O
noises	O
,	O
line-of-sight	O
vision	O
through	O
the	O
divaricate	O
caves	O
and	O
tunnels	O
,	O
and	O
memory	O
of	O
where	O
the	O
player	O
was	O
last	O
seen	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	B-Application
contains	O
a	O
physics	O
model	O
with	O
gravity	O
,	O
inertia	O
,	O
mass	O
,	O
explosions	O
,	O
shockwaves	O
,	O
water	O
,	O
earth	O
,	O
wind	O
,	O
and	O
fire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Irvin	O
(	O
author	O
of	O
Starship	O
Command	O
)	O
and	O
Jeremy	O
Smith	O
(	O
author	O
of	O
Thrust	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeremy	O
Smith	O
died	O
in	O
an	O
accident	O
several	O
years	O
after	O
Exile	B-Application
was	O
published	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
his	O
last	O
known	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
William	O
Reeve	O
executed	O
preliminary	O
conversions	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
8-bit	O
versions	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tony	O
Cox	O
did	O
a	O
preliminary	O
conversion	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
from	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Henry	O
Jackman	O
composed	O
the	O
title	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
versions	O
and	O
Paddy	O
Colohan	O
remixed	O
this	O
for	O
the	O
CD32	B-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
large	O
subterranean	O
world	O
is	O
procedurally	O
generated.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
{{cite	O
web|url	O
=	O
|title	O
=	O
Exile	B-Application
disassembly|quote	O
=	O
Published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
Exile	B-Application
is	O
widely	O
regarded	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
technically	O
advanced	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
|	O
access-date	O
=	O
2013-01-14	O
|publisher	O
=	O
level7.org.uk|date=2012}}xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx1	O
This	O
is	O
achieved	O
using	O
a	O
compact	O
but	O
highly	O
tuned	O
pseudorandom	B-Algorithm
process	O
with	O
a	O
fixed	O
seed	B-Algorithm
number	I-Algorithm
to	O
generate	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
the	O
caverns	O
and	O
tunnels	O
–	O
augmented	O
with	O
a	O
few	O
custom-defined	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
later	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
release	O
use	O
a	O
more	O
conventional	O
tiled	O
map	O
to	O
allow	O
greater	O
customisation	O
and	O
variation	O
in	O
the	O
landscape	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Circa	O
2012	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
version	O
was	O
reconstructed	O
through	O
disassembly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
first	O
published	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
in	O
1988	B-Application
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
CD32	B-Device
,	O
all	O
published	O
by	O
Audiogenic	O
between	O
1991	O
and	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
mechanics	O
and	O
level	O
design	O
are	O
broadly	O
similar	O
across	O
all	O
Exile	B-Application
versions	O
but	O
visuals	O
and	O
sound	O
vary	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
each	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	B-Application
has	O
never	O
been	O
released	O
outside	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
standard	O
32	O
kB	O
BBC	B-Device
Model	I-Device
B	I-Device
version	O
uses	O
a	O
specially	O
defined	O
screen	O
resolution	O
(	O
eight	O
physical	O
colours	O
;	O
128	O
pixels	O
across	O
×	O
128	O
lines	O
down	O
=	O
8	O
kB	O
screen	O
memory	O
)	O
,	O
smaller	O
than	O
full	O
screen	O
MODE	O
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exile	B-Application
offers	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
playing	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
upgraded	O
with	O
a	O
16	O
kB	O
page	B-Architecture
of	O
sideways	B-General_Concept
RAM	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
enhancements	O
include	O
sampled	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
digitised	O
speech	O
(	O
"	O
Welcome	O
to	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
the	O
Exile.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
extreme	O
measures	O
taken	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
operate	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
mean	O
that	O
the	O
main	O
game	O
had	O
no	O
on-screen	O
status	O
indications	O
or	O
text	O
of	O
any	O
kind	O
,	O
or	O
even	O
load	O
and	O
save	O
routines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C64	O
conversion	O
(	O
1991	O
)	O
was	O
carried	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
original	O
programmers	O
with	O
graphics	O
by	O
Paul	O
Docherty	O
(	O
credited	O
as	O
Dokk	O
)	O
.Exile	O
review	O
,	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
#75	O
,	O
July	O
1991	O
It	O
adds	O
an	O
on-screen	O
status	O
indicator	O
and	O
wider	O
colour	O
palette	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
extra	O
RAM	O
available	O
but	O
otherwise	O
is	O
a	O
faithful	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
Acorn	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
release	O
(	O
1991	O
)	O
was	O
developed	O
from	O
the	O
earlier	O
8-bit	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ST	O
release	O
has	O
improved	O
and	O
recoloured	O
graphics	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
appearance	O
to	O
the	O
1991	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
differ	O
somewhat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
three	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
platform	I-Device
,	O
an	O
OCS	B-Device
version	O
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
AGA	B-Device
version	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
with	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
and	O
finally	O
a	O
CD32	B-Device
version	O
(	O
1995	O
)	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
AGA	B-Device
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
8-bit	O
versions	O
the	O
OCS	B-Device
release	O
has	O
improved	O
and	O
recoloured	O
graphics	O
with	O
a	O
similar	O
appearance	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AGA	B-Device
and	O
CD32	B-Device
versions	O
have	O
greatly	O
reworked	O
graphics	O
with	O
added	O
detail	O
and	O
scrolling	O
backdrops	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
CD32	B-Device
version	O
were	O
made	O
50%	O
larger	O
than	O
the	O
AGA	B-Device
release	O
for	O
easier	O
viewing	O
on	O
a	O
console	O
setup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
feature	O
a	O
dynamic	O
in-game	O
musical	O
score	O
which	O
changes	O
when	O
a	O
threat	O
is	O
near	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Irvin	O
was	O
working	O
on	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
based	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
AGA	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	O
User	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
positive	O
review	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
"	O
The	O
New	O
Masterpiece	O
"	O
concluding	O
"	O
Exile	B-Application
's	O
detailed	O
graphics	O
enhance	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
infuriating	O
puzzles	O
beautifully	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
""	O
The	O
New	O
Masterpiece	O
"	O
,	O
Jon	O
Revis	O
,	O
Electron	O
User	O
,	O
Database	O
Publications	O
,	O
#6	O
.7	O
,	O
April	O
1989	O
The	O
game	O
was	O
only	O
given	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
8/10	O
although	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
alleged	O
that	O
the	O
reviewers	O
had	O
not	O
played	O
very	O
far	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
so	O
did	O
not	O
appreciate	O
its	O
scale.Exile	O
at	O
8-bit	O
Software	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
,	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
complexity	O
and	O
"	O
phenomenal	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
magazine	O
voted	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Exile''	O
as	O
the	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
1991	O
with	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
89%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2010	O
article	O
in	O
The	O
Escapist	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Exile	B-Application
pioneered	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
the	O
science	O
for	O
which	O
later	O
games	O
would	O
become	O
famous	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
