<s>
The	O
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
,	O
subtitled	O
Picture	O
Painter	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
utility	O
for	O
drawing	O
bitmapped	O
images	O
and	O
playing	O
them	O
back	O
from	O
user-developed	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
by	O
Penguin	O
Software	O
founder	O
Mark	O
Pelczarski	O
and	O
Jon	O
Niedfeldt	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Penguin	O
Software	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
does	O
n't	O
store	O
images	O
in	O
their	O
final	O
form	O
,	O
but	O
records	O
the	O
commands	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
them	O
using	O
a	O
"	O
tiny	O
vector	O
graphics-like	O
language.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
was	O
used	O
to	O
generate	O
images	O
for	O
some	O
commercial	O
graphic	O
adventures	O
of	O
the	O
8-bit	O
computer	O
era	O
,	O
including	O
Dragon	O
's	O
Keep	O
from	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
Crypt	B-Device
of	I-Device
Medea	I-Device
from	O
Sir-Tech	O
,	O
and	O
Penguin	O
's	O
own	O
The	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dragon	O
's	O
Keep	O
manual	O
specifically	O
gives	O
credit	O
to	O
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
and	O
the	O
authors	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
functions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
he	O
got	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
see	O
what	O
could	O
be	O
done	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
color	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1979	O
he	O
started	O
selling	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
The	O
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
called	O
Magic	O
Paintbrush	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
The	O
Complete	O
Graphics	O
System	O
,	O
The	O
Complete	O
Graphics	O
System	O
II	O
,	O
and	O
finally	O
The	O
Graphics	B-Application
Magician	I-Application
.	O
</s>
