<s>
Hunter	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Paul	O
Holmes	O
and	O
Martin	O
Walker	O
(	O
music	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Activision	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
is	O
both	O
visually	O
and	O
sonically	O
more	O
advanced	O
,	O
using	O
more	O
colours	O
and	O
having	O
digitized	O
sound	O
effects	O
whereas	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
uses	O
more	O
dithering	O
(	O
re	O
:	O
the	O
ocean	O
areas	O
)	O
and	O
uses	O
synthesized	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
,	O
while	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
base	O
,	O
was	O
"	O
substantially	O
rewritten	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
The	O
One	O
;	O
the	O
code	O
relied	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
chip	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
Hunter	O
's	O
planned	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
release	O
,	O
this	O
needed	O
to	O
be	O
reworked	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holmes	O
created	O
software	O
that	O
mimiced	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
chip	I-General_Concept
that	O
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
hardware	O
;	O
the	O
program	O
turned	O
out	O
to	O
run	O
faster	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
blitter	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
3D	O
graphics	O
and	O
sandbox-type	O
gameplay	O
has	O
been	O
subsequently	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
and	O
similar	O
sandbox	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Far	B-Application
Cry	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
