<s>
Galahad	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Holy	I-Application
Grail	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Douglas	O
Crockford	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Influenced	O
by	O
Adventure	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
VCS	I-General_Concept
and	O
Arthurian	O
legend	O
,	O
it	O
contains	O
almost	O
100	O
rooms	O
–	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
manual	O
–	O
which	O
are	O
switched	O
between	O
with	O
a	O
flip	O
screen	O
technique	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
contains	O
references	O
to	O
Atari	O
's	O
Adventure	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
other	O
popular	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
nod	O
to	O
the	O
film	O
Monty	O
Python	O
and	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
objects	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
holy	O
hand	O
grenade	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Douglas	O
Crockford	O
wrote	O
the	O
game	O
over	O
a	O
period	O
of	O
four	O
months	O
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
using	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Assembler	I-Application
Editor	I-Application
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Launcelot	O
never	O
found	O
the	O
Holy	B-General_Concept
Grail	I-General_Concept
,	O
Crockford	O
proposed	O
Galahad	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Holy	I-Application
Grail	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
director	O
Fred	O
Thorlin	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
contained	O
some	O
rather	O
risque	O
scenes	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
initially	O
submitted.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
Program	I-Application
Exchange	I-Application
shut	O
down	O
,	O
Antic	O
Software	O
re-released	O
Galahad	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Holy	I-Application
Grail	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
with	O
the	O
formerly	O
printed	O
manual	O
on	O
the	O
second	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
disk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
an	O
AtariAge	B-Application
forum	O
member	O
who	O
disassembled	O
the	O
room	O
structure	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
Antic	O
Software	O
version	O
fixed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
traversal	O
glitches	O
and	O
other	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galahad	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Holy	I-Application
Grail	I-Application
was	O
included	O
in	O
Antic	O
magazine	O
's	O
December	O
1983	O
holiday	O
buyer	O
's	O
guide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Galahad	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Holy	I-Application
Grail	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
finalists	O
for	O
the	O
1982	O
Atari	O
Star	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
winner	O
was	O
Typo	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
