<s>
Fusion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
scrolling	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1988	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
was	O
created	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
,	O
a	O
development	O
studio	O
founded	O
by	O
game	O
designer	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
Druid	O
II	O
and	O
the	O
later	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
artist	O
Glenn	O
Corpes	O
created	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
animation	O
for	O
Fusion	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Molyneux	O
handled	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
its	O
programming	O
and	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
coded	O
in	O
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
using	O
HiSoft	B-Device
Systems	I-Device
 '	O
Devpac	O
II	O
assembler	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
double-sided	B-Architecture
disk	I-Architecture
release	O
,	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
David	O
Hanlon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fusion	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matt	O
Fox	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
The	O
Video	O
Games	O
Guide	O
,	O
summarized	O
Fusion	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
run-of-the-mill	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
 [ that ] 	O
caused	O
few	O
ripples	O
on	O
release	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Corpes	O
,	O
Fusion	B-Application
was	O
not	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
and	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Druid	O
II	O
,	O
"	O
only	O
brought	O
in	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
the	O
money	O
needed	O
to	O
pay	O
the	O
wage	O
bill.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
UK	O
magazine	O
gave	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
of	O
Fusion	B-Application
a	O
score	O
of	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
despite	O
being	O
"	O
yet	O
another	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
shoot-	O
'	O
em-up	O
"	O
it	O
has	O
"	O
sufficient	O
variation	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bullfrog	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
develop	O
Populous	B-Application
,	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
and	O
other	O
well-received	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
