<s>
Hunchback	B-Application
(	O
shown	O
as	O
Hunch	O
Back	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Century	O
Electronics	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
arcades	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
loosely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1831	O
Victor	O
Hugo	O
novel	O
The	O
Hunchback	B-Application
of	O
Notre	O
Dame	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Quasimodo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Set	O
on	O
top	O
of	O
a	O
castle	O
wall	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
guide	O
the	O
Hunchback	B-Application
from	O
left	O
to	O
right	O
while	O
avoiding	O
obstacles	O
on	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
non-scrolling	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
main	O
character	O
was	O
originally	O
Robin	B-Application
Hood	I-Application
with	O
the	O
game	O
set	O
in	O
Sherwood	B-Application
Forest	I-Application
but	O
the	O
setting	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Nottingham	O
Castle	O
as	O
the	O
theme	O
was	O
deemed	O
too	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
games	O
main	O
inspiration	O
,	O
Pitfall	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
addition	O
of	O
the	O
bell	O
as	O
a	O
reward	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
each	O
screen	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
becoming	O
the	O
Hunchback	B-Application
of	O
Notre	O
Dame	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unauthorised	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
in	O
1983	O
,	O
reaching	O
the	O
number	O
one	O
position	O
in	O
the	O
BBC	O
charts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ocean	O
Software	O
also	O
licensed	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
publishing	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Oric	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
late	O
1983	O
,	O
with	O
versions	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
released	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
home	O
ports	O
inspired	O
two	O
sequels	O
:	O
Hunchback	B-Application
II	O
:	O
Quasimodo	O
's	O
Revenge	O
and	O
Hunchback	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Adventure	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Ocean	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Clones	O
released	O
for	O
8-bit	O
computers	O
are	O
Quasimodo	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
from	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
The	O
Great	O
Wall	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
from	O
Artic	O
Computing	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
