<s>
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Tenth	O
Planet	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conceived	O
by	O
FM	O
Waves	O
co-founder	O
Efraim	O
Wyeth	O
before	O
being	O
rebranded	O
as	O
Tenth	O
Planet	O
,	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
1991	O
and	O
was	O
jointly	O
created	O
by	O
David	O
Brevik	O
and	O
the	O
brothers	O
Erich	O
and	O
Max	O
Schaefer	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
establish	O
Condor	O
before	O
being	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Blizzard	O
North	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wyeth	O
originally	O
had	O
no	O
set	O
direction	O
for	O
their	O
first	O
title	O
but	O
after	O
meeting	O
with	O
Jack	O
Tramiel	O
in	O
a	O
reunion	O
,	O
he	O
proposed	O
several	O
projects	O
before	O
settling	O
with	O
one	O
that	O
would	O
become	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
influence	O
from	O
Spider-Man	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
has	O
received	O
very	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
and	O
reviewers	O
alike	O
who	O
criticized	O
its	O
low	O
framerate	O
,	O
overall	O
visuals	O
,	O
audio	O
,	O
controls	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
praised	O
the	O
parallax	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Atomic	O
Games	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
DTMC	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
platform	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
players	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
the	O
eponymous	O
protagonist	O
who	O
gained	O
intelligence	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
an	O
experiment	O
involving	O
radiation	O
across	O
six	O
areas	O
,	O
each	O
one	O
composed	O
of	O
three	O
stages	O
of	O
varying	O
thematic	O
,	O
set	O
within	O
the	O
installations	O
of	O
N	O
.	O
Human	O
Laboratories	O
in	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
free	O
his	O
fellow	O
animal	O
test	O
friends	O
and	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
facility	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
goal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordo	O
can	O
fight	O
against	O
enemies	O
by	O
throwing	O
apples	O
collected	O
in	O
the	O
stage	O
at	O
them	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
does	O
not	O
possess	O
any	O
other	O
means	O
of	O
offense	O
and	O
coming	O
in	O
direct	O
contact	O
with	O
them	O
decreases	O
his	O
health	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
restored	O
by	O
collecting	O
bananas	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rescuing	O
the	O
lab	O
animals	O
involves	O
a	O
different	O
process	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
stages	O
,	O
which	O
must	O
be	O
explored	O
fully	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
free	O
them	O
,	O
however	O
if	O
Gordo	O
fall	O
into	O
a	O
pit	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
enters	O
into	O
a	O
dungeon	B-Application
riddled	O
with	O
lava	B-Application
on	O
the	O
floor	O
that	O
can	O
instantly	O
kill	O
their	O
character	O
and	O
inside	O
these	O
dungeons	B-Application
there	O
are	O
also	O
caged	O
animals	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
freed	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
starting	O
a	O
new	O
playthrough	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
a	O
limited	O
number	O
of	O
lives	O
but	O
more	O
can	O
be	O
obtained	O
after	O
reaching	O
a	O
certain	O
score	O
threshold	O
but	O
if	O
all	O
of	O
them	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
is	I-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Brevik	O
was	O
first	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
during	O
his	O
childhood	O
with	O
the	O
Atari	B-Application
VCS	I-Application
that	O
his	O
father	O
Colin	O
brought	O
into	O
their	O
household	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
Plus	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
one	O
of	O
his	O
teachers	O
kept	O
at	O
his	O
classroom	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
his	O
students	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
video	O
games	O
being	O
fantasy-themed	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Atari	O
's	O
Adventure	B-Application
and	O
On-Line	O
Systems	O
 '	O
Wizard	B-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Princess	I-Application
,	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
a	O
fan	O
of	O
the	O
fantasy	B-Application
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
game	O
Dungeons	B-Application
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erich	O
and	O
Max	O
Schaefer	O
are	O
self-taught	O
artists	O
who	O
were	O
first	O
introduced	O
to	O
video	O
games	O
with	O
a	O
Pong	B-Application
clone	O
console	B-Device
brought	O
by	O
their	O
parents	O
to	O
keep	O
them	O
entertained	O
until	O
their	O
interest	O
on	O
the	O
system	O
dwindled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
brothers	O
were	O
also	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	O
II	O
Plus	O
began	O
pirating	O
games	O
from	O
their	O
local	O
friends	O
and	O
also	O
exchanging	O
pirated	O
games	O
as	O
well	O
with	O
them	O
,	O
playing	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Sir-Tech	O
'	O
s	O
Wizardry	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Ultima	O
franchise	O
,	O
eventually	O
becoming	O
fans	O
of	O
Dungeons	B-Application
&	O
Dragons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
on	O
,	O
the	O
Schaefer	O
brothers	O
were	O
introduced	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
exposure	O
with	O
programs	O
like	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Photoshop	I-Operating_System
,	O
both	O
had	O
an	O
idea	O
of	O
establishing	O
a	O
desktop	O
publishing	O
company	O
called	O
Desktop	O
Heroes	O
alongside	O
Craig	O
Sarachene	O
,	O
who	O
shared	O
the	O
same	O
interest	O
as	O
them	O
,	O
while	O
Erich	O
eventually	O
wrote	O
an	O
action	O
game	O
titled	O
Death	O
Balls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
label	O
ceased	O
to	O
exists	O
once	O
the	O
team	O
joined	O
FM	O
Waves	O
to	O
develop	O
clip	O
art	O
before	O
the	O
company	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
market	O
instead	O
with	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
for	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
on	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
by	O
Wyeth	O
after	O
a	O
meeting	O
with	O
Jack	O
Tramiel	O
,	O
who	O
told	O
them	O
if	O
his	O
company	O
could	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
and	O
after	O
agreeing	O
to	O
do	O
so	O
,	O
Wyeth	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
twelve	O
potential	O
ideas	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
three	O
days	O
,	O
proceeded	O
to	O
create	O
various	O
proposals	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
showcase	O
them	O
at	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
and	O
after	O
they	O
chose	O
a	O
proposal	O
entitled	O
The	O
Emancipation	O
of	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Mutated	O
Lab	O
Monkey	O
,	O
Wyeth	O
told	O
Erich	O
to	O
draw	O
art	O
from	O
scratch	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
also	O
hiring	O
Brevik	O
to	O
program	O
due	O
to	O
his	O
interest	O
in	O
making	O
a	O
professional	O
gaming	O
product	O
and	O
along	O
with	O
Max	O
,	O
the	O
three	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
sought	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
character	O
with	O
unique	O
movement	O
,	O
as	O
Wyeth	O
was	O
a	O
fan	O
of	O
Spider-Man	B-Device
,	O
which	O
would	O
later	O
influence	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
playing	O
as	O
a	O
monkey	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
James	O
Hampton	O
acted	O
as	O
both	O
producer	O
and	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
prior	O
to	O
his	O
role	O
with	O
Alien	B-Application
vs	I-Application
Predator	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
,	O
although	O
he	O
is	O
not	O
credited	O
as	O
such	O
in	O
the	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Composer	O
Alex	O
Rudis	O
was	O
also	O
involved	O
during	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
created	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
serving	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
last	O
compositions	O
for	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
before	O
resigning	O
from	O
Atari	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
late	O
into	O
the	O
life	O
span	O
of	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
and	O
became	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
released	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
created	O
by	O
Brevik	O
and	O
the	O
Schaefer	O
brothers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
the	O
low	O
install	O
base	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
Atari	O
focusing	O
their	O
resources	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
failed	O
to	O
recoup	O
its	O
investment	O
and	O
eventually	O
Tenth	O
Planet	O
closed	O
its	O
doors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robert	O
Jung	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
and	O
in	O
his	O
final	O
verdict	O
he	O
wrote	O
"	O
If	O
the	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
game	O
library	O
was	O
saturated	O
with	O
run-and-jump	O
titles	O
,	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
would	O
quickly	O
be	O
overshadowed	O
by	O
flashier	O
,	O
more	O
appealing	O
entries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Power	O
Unlimited	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
80%	O
writing	O
:	O
"	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
fun	O
Lynx	B-General_Concept
games	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
Gordo	B-Application
106	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Atomic	O
Games	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
development	O
company	O
that	O
was	O
established	O
by	O
the	O
Schaefer	O
brothers	O
,	O
after	O
obtaining	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
from	O
Wyeth	O
and	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
DTMC	O
.	O
</s>
