<s>
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
is	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
budget-price	O
platform	O
games	O
written	O
by	O
Colin	O
Swinbourne	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
title	O
portrayed	O
Blade	O
as	O
a	O
lone	O
commando	O
sent	O
into	O
an	O
evil	O
mastermind	O
's	O
complex	O
to	O
release	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
diplomats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
2	O
took	O
a	O
rather	O
different	O
approach	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Spectrum	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
featured	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Invade-a-Load	O
featuring	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
3	O
returned	O
to	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
's	O
formula	O
,	O
arming	O
Blade	O
with	O
a	O
machine	O
gun	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exclusively	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
it	O
included	O
Commodore	O
64	O
instructions	O
in	O
its	O
inlay	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
was	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1991	O
Players	O
game	O
,	O
Prison	O
Riot	O
plays	O
very	O
similarly	O
to	O
the	O
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
titles	O
and	O
a	O
hacked	O
version	O
that	O
identifies	O
itself	O
as	O
Joe	B-Application
Blade	I-Application
4	O
has	O
been	O
distributed	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
.	O
</s>
