<s>
Gumball	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
by	O
Veda	O
Hlubinka-Cook	O
(	O
credited	O
as	O
Robert	O
Cook	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
the	O
valves	O
of	O
a	O
maze-like	O
machine	O
to	O
sort	O
gumballs	B-Application
by	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Broderbund	O
co-founder	O
Doug	O
Carlston	O
conceived	O
of	O
the	O
machine-sorting	O
concept	O
and	O
Cook	O
added	O
the	O
gumball	B-Application
concept	O
and	O
built	O
the	O
core	O
gameplay	O
within	O
a	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gumball	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
works	O
in	O
a	O
factory	O
as	O
a	O
gumball	B-Application
sorter	O
and	O
sorts	O
gumballs	B-Application
by	O
color	O
as	O
they	O
flow	O
through	O
a	O
maze-like	O
processing	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
valves	O
in	O
the	O
machine	O
to	O
divert	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
individual	O
gumballs	B-Application
towards	O
bins	O
of	O
corresponding	O
colors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
sorts	O
incorrectly	O
,	O
the	O
foreman	O
walks	O
onscreen	O
and	O
dumps	O
the	O
gumballs	B-Application
out	O
of	O
the	O
bin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
successful	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
receives	O
a	O
promotion	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
watches	O
an	O
animation	O
of	O
a	O
worker	O
walking	O
home	O
from	O
the	O
factory	O
,	O
and	O
progresses	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
complex	O
level	O
,	O
with	O
more	O
color	O
options	O
to	O
sort	O
and	O
defective	O
,	O
explosive	O
gumballs	B-Application
to	O
deactivate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
unsuccessful	O
in	O
meeting	O
the	O
daily	O
quota	O
,	O
the	O
game	B-Application
ends	I-Application
and	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
left	O
to	O
restart	O
from	O
the	O
beginning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
requires	O
a	O
color	O
television	O
or	O
monitor	O
,	O
and	O
optionally	O
works	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
or	O
paddle	B-Device
controller	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Veda	O
Hlubinka-Cook	O
wrote	O
Gumball	B-Application
for	O
publication	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Co-founder	O
Doug	O
Carlston	O
conceived	O
the	O
core	O
concept	O
of	O
a	O
machine	O
that	O
sorts	O
based	O
on	O
color	O
,	O
and	O
Veda	O
Hlubinka-Cook	O
expanded	O
the	O
concept	O
with	O
the	O
gumball	B-Application
conceit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
Cook	O
's	O
time	O
was	O
spent	O
programming	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
functions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
how	O
individual	O
gumballs	B-Application
move	O
through	O
the	O
pipes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
interesting	O
,	O
Cook	O
added	O
the	O
gumball	B-Application
bombs	O
and	O
tweaked	O
the	O
mechanism	O
that	O
caught	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Closer	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
Cook	O
coded	O
Gumball	B-Application
title	O
page	O
and	O
the	O
animated	O
transitions	O
between	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
debuted	O
at	O
the	O
June	O
1983	B-Application
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Besnard	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
graphics	O
of	O
'	O
Gumball	B-Application
 '	O
are	O
delightful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
worth	O
catching	O
a	O
few	O
gumballs	B-Application
in	O
the	O
wrong	O
bins	O
just	O
to	O
watch	O
them	O
tip	O
over.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Stone	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Gumball	B-Application
is	O
fun	O
for	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
reasons	O
as	O
Spare	O
Change	O
Arcade	O
:	O
it	O
has	O
levels	O
of	O
increasing	O
difficulty	O
,	O
it	O
rewards	O
you	O
for	O
mastering	O
each	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
requires	O
some	O
amount	O
of	O
strategy	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
timing	O
to	O
open	O
and	O
close	O
the	O
gates	O
to	O
fill	O
the	O
bins	O
and	O
meet	O
your	O
quota.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Browning	O
of	O
the	O
Eugene	O
,	O
Oregon-based	O
Atari	O
Computer	O
Enthusiasts	O
wrote	O
that	O
Gumball	B-Application
was	O
a	O
good	O
interlude	O
between	O
shoot-em-up	O
games	O
,	O
but	O
found	O
that	O
he	O
lost	O
interest	O
when	O
tasked	O
with	O
sorting	O
four	O
or	O
more	O
colors	O
of	O
gumballs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
thought	O
that	O
Gumball	B-Application
was	O
fun	O
,	O
and	O
highlighted	O
its	O
"	O
comical	O
"	O
elements	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
factory	O
manager	O
emptying	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
bin	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
incorrectly	O
sorts	O
the	O
wrong	O
color	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
described	O
Gumball	B-Application
as	O
a	O
"	O
strategy-action	O
"	O
game	O
and	O
considered	O
it	O
a	O
useful	O
aid	O
in	O
developing	O
faculties	O
of	O
logic	O
and	O
hand-eye	O
coordination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Hunter	O
of	O
Softalk	O
asked	O
whether	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
satirical	O
commentary	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
Great	O
American	B-Application
Dream	I-Application
of	O
climbing	O
the	O
corporate	O
ladder	O
"	O
depending	O
on	O
whether	O
the	O
factory	O
work	O
inculcated	O
"	O
good	O
work	O
habits	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Disney-esque	O
automatons	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
software	B-Application
cracker	I-Application
team	O
found	O
an	O
Easter	O
egg	O
hidden	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creator	O
33	O
years	O
prior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cook	O
congratulated	O
the	O
cracker	B-Application
team	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crackers	B-Application
found	O
the	O
secret	O
while	O
working	O
to	O
preserve	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Internet	O
Archive	O
by	O
removing	O
its	O
digital	O
copyright	O
protections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
crackers	B-Application
said	O
that	O
while	O
most	O
1980s	O
games	O
could	O
be	O
cracked	O
by	O
automation	O
,	O
Gumball	B-Application
protections	O
,	O
coded	O
by	O
Roland	O
Gustafsson	O
,	O
were	O
exceptional	O
.	O
</s>
