<s>
Gambys	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
ecological-themed	O
Portuguese	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
developed	O
by	O
Viagem	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
centres	O
about	O
an	O
imminent	O
ecological	O
catastrophe	O
created	O
by	O
humans	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
only	O
one	O
capable	O
of	O
saving	O
the	O
planet	O
were	O
small	O
creatures	O
called	O
Gambys	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
bears	O
similarities	O
to	O
Lemmings	B-Application
,	O
with	O
each	O
type	O
of	O
Gambys	B-Application
having	O
unique	O
abilities	O
and	O
requiring	O
different	O
types	O
of	O
food	O
replenishment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Enemies	O
include	O
Destroyer	O
that	O
reverses	O
player	O
progress	O
,	O
the	O
Ghost	O
that	O
obscures	O
the	O
screen	O
the	O
image	O
,	O
and	O
Gamby	O
Girl	O
who	O
makes	O
the	O
Gambys	B-Application
inactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
video	O
gaming	O
industry	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
,	O
press	O
like	O
Spooler	O
and	O
Mega	O
Score	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
vital	O
in	O
the	O
production	O
and	O
dissemination	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
products	O
were	O
Gambys	B-Application
and	O
Portugal	B-Application
1111	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambys	B-Application
 '	O
development	O
team	O
consisted	O
of	O
people	O
well-verse	O
in	O
creating	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	O
Spectrum	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Brazilian	O
developer	O
Rui	O
Tito	O
and	O
Paulo	O
Carrasco	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
of	O
whom	O
had	O
authored	O
titles	O
like	O
Megatron	O
,	O
Moon	O
Defenders	O
,	O
Mr.	O
Gulp	O
and	O
Alien	O
Evolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
PCs	O
were	O
starting	O
to	O
emerge	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
machine	O
,	O
the	O
Lemmings	B-Application
video	O
game	O
proved	O
to	O
be	O
latest	O
craze	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambys	B-Application
proved	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
significant	O
technical	O
challenge	O
,	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
SVGA	O
games	O
to	O
show	O
65,000	O
colors	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
when	O
the	O
standard	O
was	O
still	O
256	O
;	O
additionally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
contained	O
12	O
original	O
songs	O
and	O
250	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
characters	O
,	O
called	O
Gambys	B-Application
,	O
are	O
in-game	O
called	O
gambozinos	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
adapted	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
more	O
accessible	O
to	O
the	O
international	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambys	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
with	O
100	O
levels	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
progression	O
over	O
increasingly	O
difficult	O
puzzles	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
eight	O
hours	O
of	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Carlos	O
Leote	O
has	O
described	O
Gambys	B-Application
as	O
"	O
an	O
ecological	O
game	O
that	O
appeals	O
to	O
human	O
conscience	O
so	O
that	O
men	O
stop	O
destroying	O
their	O
most	O
precious	O
asset	O
,	O
nature	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Nelson	O
Russa	O
said	O
"	O
Gambys	B-Application
,	O
in	O
a	O
way	O
,	O
is	O
associated	O
to	O
the	O
world	O
movement	O
against	O
the	O
destruction	O
of	O
nature	O
,	O
calling	O
attention	O
to	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
ambition	O
can	O
transform	O
initially	O
docile	O
and	O
harmless	O
creatures	O
into	O
authentic	O
monsters	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
look	O
at	O
the	O
means	O
to	O
achieve	O
their	O
ends	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Psygnosis	O
and	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
had	O
initially	O
showed	O
some	O
interest	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
advent	O
of	O
Windows	O
95	O
they	O
quickly	O
turned	O
their	O
attention	O
to	O
projects	O
created	O
specifically	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
operating	O
system	O
;	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
both	O
publishers	O
felt	O
an	O
investment	O
in	O
the	O
publication	O
of	O
Gambys	B-Application
was	O
no	O
longer	O
justified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gambys	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
serious	O
and	O
professional	O
attempt	O
by	O
a	O
Portuguese	O
development	O
team	O
to	O
create	O
computer	O
video	O
games	O
that	O
could	O
compare	O
to	O
the	O
best	O
PC	O
puzzle	O
games	O
coming	O
from	O
the	O
UK	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
from	O
Psygnosis	O
and	O
Virgin	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compatibility	O
support	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
unofficially	O
end	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
ME	I-Device
,	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
unable	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
subsequent	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
secluded	O
Gambys	B-Application
fan	O
club	O
"	O
had	O
begun	O
to	O
grow	O
,	O
including	O
computer	O
hobbyists	O
who	O
reconstructed	O
486-based	O
machines	O
just	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
undocumented	O
programming	O
techniques	O
,	O
proper	O
emulation	O
of	O
Gambys	B-Application
was	O
a	O
notoriously	O
hard	O
nut	O
to	O
crack	O
for	O
the	O
DOS	B-Application
emulation	O
scene	O
with	O
no	O
way	O
of	O
getting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
run	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
not	O
until	O
2010	O
that	O
playing	O
Gambys	B-Application
on	O
then-modern	O
platforms	O
was	O
possible	O
,	O
when	O
YouTube	O
user	O
Haruka	O
Tavares	O
created	O
a	O
tutorial	O
showing	O
the	O
game	O
running	O
on	O
a	O
virtual	O
machine	O
;	O
the	O
link	O
was	O
posted	O
to	O
Luis	O
Peres	O
 '	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Luis	O
Peres	O
gets	O
around	O
5-6	O
emails	O
about	O
Gambys	B-Application
from	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
including	O
many	O
fans	O
from	O
U.S.	O
and	O
Canada	O
asking	O
how	O
they	O
can	O
run	O
it	O
in	O
an	O
emulator	O
;	O
this	O
phenomenon	O
inspired	O
him	O
and	O
Tito	O
to	O
plan	O
a	O
"	O
kind	O
of	O
remake	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
