<s>
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
/	I-Application
X-O	I-Application
Manowar	I-Application
in	I-Application
Heavy	I-Application
Metal	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
Real	O
Sports	O
and	O
Realtime	O
Associates	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
Game	O
Gear	O
,	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
in	O
1996	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
one	O
or	O
two-player	O
side-scrolling	O
arcade	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
battles	O
various	O
villains	O
from	O
Marvel	O
Comics	O
 '	O
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
and	O
Valiant	O
Comics	O
 '	O
X-O	O
Manowar	O
comic	O
book	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
and	O
X-O	O
Manowar	O
must	O
team	O
up	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
stop	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
supervillains	O
from	O
grabbing	O
the	O
lost	O
fragments	O
of	O
the	O
Cosmic	O
Cube	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player(s )	O
choose	O
to	O
control	O
either	O
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
or	O
X-O	O
Manowar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
and	O
X-O	O
Manowar	O
can	O
jump	O
,	O
punch	O
,	O
shoot	O
an	O
unlimited	O
supply	O
of	O
energy	O
beams	O
(	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
upgraded	O
through	O
icons	O
)	O
and	O
use	O
a	O
limited	O
but	O
replenishable	O
supply	O
of	O
energy	O
to	O
fly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
can	O
duck	O
while	O
X-O	O
Manowar	O
can	O
block	O
enemy	O
attack	O
by	O
shield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Acclaim	O
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
in	O
March	O
1995	O
that	O
included	O
plans	O
to	O
release	O
three	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Five	O
months	O
after	O
this	O
announcement	O
,	O
a	O
conversion	O
of	O
Iron	B-Application
Man	I-Application
and	I-Application
X-O	I-Application
Manowar	I-Application
in	I-Application
Heavy	I-Application
Metal	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
port	O
was	O
slated	O
for	O
an	O
April/Q2	O
1996	B-Application
release	O
,	O
but	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
port	O
was	O
discontinued	O
sometime	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Griptonite	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameSpot	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
every	O
aspect	O
of	O
Heavy	O
Metal	O
is	O
a	O
letdown	O
—	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
gameplay	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
feels	O
as	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
hastily	O
thrown	O
together	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
People	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
good	O
action	B-Application
scroller	O
should	O
look	O
elsewhere.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
Nutter	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
commented	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
two	O
playable	O
characters	O
have	O
varying	O
abilities	O
yet	O
are	O
evenly	O
matched	O
,	O
giving	O
the	O
game	O
replay	O
value	O
,	O
the	O
action	B-Application
is	O
extremely	O
repetitive	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
is	O
poor	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
barely	O
above	O
what	O
consoles	O
of	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
were	O
capable	O
of	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Covering	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
IGN	O
criticized	O
the	O
characters	O
for	O
being	O
"	O
interchangeable	O
"	O
and	O
concluded	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
just	O
boring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
praised	O
both	O
the	O
action	B-Application
and	O
platform	O
jumping	O
,	O
the	O
rendered	O
player	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
simple	O
,	O
clean	O
backgrounds	O
"	O
,	O
though	O
he	O
criticized	O
the	O
music	O
and	O
sounds	O
.	O
</s>
