<s>
Hi-Octane	B-Device
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
and	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
compatible	O
operating	O
systems	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Bullfrog	O
Productions	O
based	O
upon	O
their	O
earlier	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
game	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hi-Octane	B-Device
was	O
not	O
as	O
well	O
received	O
as	O
the	O
to	O
thematically	O
similar	O
Wipeout	B-Application
by	O
Psygnosis	O
and	O
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
the	O
short	O
view	O
distance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developer	O
Peter	O
Molyneux	O
stated	O
that	O
in	O
May	O
1995	O
,	O
EA	O
set	O
Bullfrog	O
under	O
pressure	O
to	O
release	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
in	O
six	O
and	O
a	O
half	O
weeks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Because	O
I	O
was	O
n't	O
prepared	O
to	O
sacrifice	O
Dungeon	B-Application
Keeper	I-Application
,	O
I	O
wrote	O
and	O
designed	O
a	O
game	O
from	O
scratch	O
in	O
six	O
weeks	O
:	O
Hi-Octane	B-Device
,	O
"	O
Molyneux	O
recounted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
allow	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
such	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
Magic	B-Application
Carpet	I-Application
engine	O
was	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
deemed	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
"	O
a	O
mildly	O
entertaining	O
but	O
graphically	O
impoverished	O
title	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
only.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Rad	O
Automatic	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
brilliant	O
title	O
"	O
,	O
applauding	O
the	O
varied	O
abilities	O
and	O
handling	O
of	O
the	O
vehicles	O
,	O
the	O
combat	O
elements	O
,	O
the	O
assortment	O
of	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
hover	O
vehicle	O
physics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
likewise	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
With	O
its	O
blocky	O
graphics	O
,	O
devilishly	O
slow	O
frame-rate	O
,	O
and	O
nebulous	O
controls	O
,	O
Hi-Octane	B-Device
simply	O
lacks	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
most	O
console	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
very	O
similar	O
to	O
,	O
but	O
clearly	O
inferior	O
to	O
,	O
its	O
contemporaries	O
Cyber	O
Speedway	O
and	O
Wipeout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
"	O
crippled	O
by	O
gummy	O
controls	O
and	O
slow	O
,	O
repetitive	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stick	O
with	O
Wipeout	B-Application
-	O
Hi-Octane	B-Device
runs	O
out	O
of	O
gas.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	O
criticized	O
that	O
the	O
drop	O
in	O
frame	O
rate	O
when	O
using	O
the	O
new	O
split	O
screen	O
multiplayer	O
makes	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
virtually	O
unplayable	O
"	O
and	O
,	O
like	O
GamePro	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
they	O
compared	O
the	O
game	O
unfavorably	O
to	O
Wipeout	B-Application
:	O
"	O
Whereas	O
WipeOut	B-Application
required	O
genuine	O
skill	O
to	O
master	O
its	O
cornering	O
and	O
overtaking	O
,	O
the	O
courses	O
in	O
Hi-Octane	B-Device
have	O
less	O
involving	O
and	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
the	O
odd	O
shortcut	O
,	O
there	O
's	O
very	O
little	O
else	O
to	O
surprise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
...	O
WipeOut	B-Application
and	O
Ridge	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
have	O
shown	O
the	O
potential	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
racers	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Bullfrog	O
offering	O
comes	O
across	O
as	O
little	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
weak	O
PC	O
port.	O
"	O
</s>
