<s>
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Michael	O
Abbot	O
and	O
Matthew	O
Alexander	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
were	O
released	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatibles	O
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
followed	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
not	O
a	O
direct	O
clone	O
,	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
in	O
theme	O
and	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
1981	O
Donkey	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
arcade	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assuming	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
three	O
lives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
guides	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
through	O
a	O
four-level	O
construction	O
site	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
collect	O
six	O
lunchboxes	O
guarded	O
by	O
various	O
obstacles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Apple	O
version	O
of	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
"	O
bears	O
a	O
certain	O
similarity	O
to	O
Miner	B-Application
2049er	I-Application
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
own	O
right	O
and	O
the	O
animation	O
is	O
a	O
little	O
better	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
look	O
and	O
play	O
"	O
were	O
inferior	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
this	O
was	O
attributed	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
's	O
systemic	O
limitations	O
and	O
designers	O
Abbot	O
and	O
Alexander	O
were	O
recommended	O
for	O
a	O
"	O
round	O
of	O
applause	O
"	O
from	O
readers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
in	O
1984	O
gave	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
10.5	O
points	O
out	O
of	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
six	O
days	O
later	O
the	O
store	O
pulled	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
from	O
the	O
shelves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amstrad	O
Computer	O
User	O
stated	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
version	O
is	O
″not	O
an	O
outstandingly	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
or	O
an	O
absolutely	O
crummy	O
one	O
either″	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
Hard	B-Application
Hat	I-Application
Mack	I-Application
at	O
number	O
92	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
