<s>
Hardwar	B-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
stylized	O
HardW[a]r	O
or	O
given	O
the	O
full	O
name	O
Hardwar	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Future	O
Is	O
Greedy	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
1998	B-Application
science	O
fiction	O
flight	B-Application
simulation	I-Application
computer	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Software	O
Refinery	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Funbox	O
Media	O
digitally	O
re-released	O
Hardwar	B-Application
via	O
ZOOM-Platform.com	O
on	O
September	O
17	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardwar	B-Application
places	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
freelance	O
"	O
Moth	O
"	O
pilot	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
of	O
Misplaced	O
Optimism	O
,	O
a	O
space	O
colony	O
located	O
on	O
Saturn	B-Device
's	O
moon	O
,	O
Titan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
lowly	O
scavengers	O
like	O
many	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
(	O
AI	B-Application
)	O
moths	O
,	O
picking	O
at	O
the	O
dropped	O
cargo	O
of	O
panicked	O
traders	O
,	O
or	O
players	O
can	O
become	O
pirates	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
AI	B-Application
moths	O
flit	O
about	O
with	O
valuable	O
cargo	O
,	O
should	O
the	O
players	O
decide	O
to	O
take	O
this	O
path	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
stolen	O
cargo	O
in	O
the	O
players	O
 '	O
hands	O
can	O
be	O
confiscated	O
by	O
the	O
police	O
,	O
or	O
they	O
could	O
become	O
the	O
target	O
of	O
other	O
outlaws	O
now	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
carrying	O
valuable	O
cargo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
how	O
good	O
a	O
deal	O
the	O
players	O
make	O
,	O
AI	B-Application
moths	O
will	O
line	O
up	O
in	O
droves	O
to	O
purchase	O
goods	O
,	O
or	O
fly	O
on	O
by	O
for	O
a	O
better	O
deal	O
elsewhere	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardwar	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
scheduled	O
for	O
a	O
1996	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hardwar	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Software	O
Refinery	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1998	B-Application
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
've	O
wanted	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Warp	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
,	O
so	O
we	O
looked	O
at	O
two	O
or	O
three	O
projects	O
and	O
picked	O
Hardwar.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hardwar	B-Application
's	O
designer	O
and	O
producer	O
,	O
Ade	O
Carless	O
,	O
plays	O
the	O
Police	O
"	O
uber-clerk	O
"	O
in	O
several	O
FMV	B-Application
clips	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
GMTV	O
presenter	O
Ben	O
Shephard	O
playing	O
the	O
important	O
role	O
of	O
"	O
Syd	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
The	O
Software	O
Refinery	O
went	O
into	O
voluntary	O
liquidation	O
in	O
2002	O
,	O
Hardwar	B-Application
is	O
no	O
longer	O
officially	O
supported	O
by	O
its	O
developers	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
officially	O
patched	O
or	O
modified	O
since	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Lomas	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
summarized	O
:	O
"	O
Hardwar	B-Application
has	O
a	O
brilliant	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
lots	O
to	O
do	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
great	O
sense	O
of	O
freedom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Presley	O
of	O
PC	B-Device
Zone	O
said	O
:	O
"	O
In	O
many	O
ways	O
,	O
Hardwar	B-Application
is	O
half	O
a	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
this	O
were	O
the	O
engine	O
driving	O
the	O
ground-based	O
sections	O
of	O
something	O
like	O
,	O
for	O
want	O
of	O
a	O
more	O
recent	O
example	O
,	O
Elite	B-Application
,	O
then	O
we	O
'd	O
probably	O
be	O
looking	O
at	O
the	O
ultimate	O
game	O
here.	O
"	O
</s>
