<s>
In	B-Application
Pursuit	I-Application
of	I-Application
Greed	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Assassinators	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
(	O
FPS	O
)	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1995	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Mind	O
Shear	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Softdisk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Mind	O
Shear	O
Software	O
's	O
release	O
of	O
Ironseed	B-Application
in	O
1994	O
,	O
Softdisk	O
Publishing	O
reached	O
out	O
to	O
them	O
with	O
the	O
suggestion	O
that	O
they	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
pre-alpha	O
Doom	B-Application
code	O
that	O
Softdisk	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
shooter	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
hopes	O
of	O
capitalizing	O
on	O
the	O
popularity	O
of	O
Doom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
This	O
was	O
Id	O
's	O
Raven	O
engine	O
,	O
licensed	O
to	O
Raven	O
Software	O
for	O
their	O
1993	O
game	O
ShadowCaster	B-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Mind	O
Shear	O
agreed	O
enthusiastically	O
,	O
expecting	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
nearly	O
complete	O
Doom	B-Application
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
source	O
code	O
were	O
released	O
as	O
non-commercial	O
freeware	B-License
by	O
the	O
programmer	O
around	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
the	O
hoped	O
for	O
commercial	O
success	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
technical	O
problems	O
with	O
the	O
unfinished	O
engine	O
and	O
the	O
competing	O
high-profile	O
title	O
Duke	B-Application
Nukem	I-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
released	O
shortly	O
before	O
Greed	B-Application
,	O
which	O
lead	O
to	O
a	O
cool	O
reception	O
from	O
the	O
press	O
and	O
the	O
public	O
alike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
a	O
59/100	O
in	O
the	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
August	O
1996	O
issue	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
The	O
Doom	B-Application
frenzy	O
breeds	O
another	O
strange	O
offspring	O
,	O
where	O
mercenary	O
cows	O
,	O
lizards	O
,	O
and	O
cyborgs	O
kill	O
for	O
sport	O
.	O
</s>
