<s>
GATO	B-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	O
submarine	O
simulator	O
first	O
published	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
Spectrum	O
HoloByte	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
simulates	O
combat	O
operations	O
aboard	O
the	O
Gato-class	O
submarine	O
in	O
the	O
Pacific	O
Theater	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GATO	B-Application
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1987	O
,	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
published	O
a	O
version	O
on	O
cartridge	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
XEGS	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
IIe	I-Device
versions	O
contain	O
a	O
boss	O
key	O
which	O
replaces	O
the	O
game	O
screen	O
with	O
a	O
spreadsheet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gato	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
student	O
programmers	O
in	O
Boulder	O
,	O
Colorado	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Billboard	O
magazine	O
reported	O
in	O
June	O
1985	O
Gato	B-Application
coming	O
in	O
at	O
number	O
6	O
of	O
a	O
national	O
sample	O
of	O
retail	O
sales	O
and	O
rack	O
sales	O
reports	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Gato	B-Application
promises	O
realism	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
delivers	O
...	O
 [ it ] 	O
lives	O
up	O
to	O
its	O
claims	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
wrote	O
favorably	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
BYTE	B-Application
,	O
stating	O
that	O
he	O
wished	O
he	O
could	O
slow	O
the	O
game	O
down	O
but	O
"	O
I	O
've	O
certainly	O
wasted	O
enough	O
time	O
with	O
it	O
...	O
</s>
<s>
Recommended	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
he	O
preferred	O
the	O
black-and-white	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
to	O
the	O
color	O
IBM	O
PC	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
