<s>
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
DMA	O
Design	O
(	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
was	O
delayed	O
multiple	O
times	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
a	O
running	O
gag	O
in	O
British	O
magazine	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
received	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
offering	O
moments	O
of	O
surprise	O
and	O
satisfaction	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
faced	O
criticism	O
for	O
its	O
documentation	O
,	O
copy	O
protection	O
,	O
and	O
clumsy	O
inventory	O
management	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
62nd	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
character	O
is	O
individually	O
controllable	O
and	O
occupies	O
their	O
own	O
square	O
,	O
unlike	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
entire	O
party	O
occupies	O
the	O
same	O
square	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
was	O
advanced	O
for	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
allowing	O
up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
simultaneously	O
,	O
using	O
mouse	O
,	O
keyboard	O
or	O
(	O
modified	O
)	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Mega	I-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
joypad	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
parallel	O
port	O
adaptor	O
allowing	O
four	O
joypads/joysticks	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
at	O
once	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
British	O
magazine	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
(	O
AP	O
)	O
had	O
a	O
long	O
running	O
gag	O
about	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
release	O
was	O
delayed	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
repeatedly	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
screenshot	O
,	O
with	O
repeated	O
reassurances	O
that	O
they	O
might	O
,	O
possibly	O
,	O
have	O
it	O
by	O
next	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
criticized	O
the	O
"	O
thorough	O
,	O
but	O
flawed	O
"	O
documentation	O
and	O
"	O
extremely	O
intrusive	O
copy	O
protection	O
"	O
,	O
inability	O
for	O
keyboard	O
players	O
to	O
strafe	O
,	O
and	O
clumsy	O
inventory	O
management	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
is	O
viscerally	O
satisfying	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
Hired	B-Application
Guns	I-Application
62nd	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
