<s>
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Action	I-Application
Movie	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
science	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
directed	O
by	O
Douglas	O
Gayeton	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
released	O
by	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
on	O
May	O
26	O
,	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
1981	B-Application
short	I-Application
story	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
by	O
William	O
Gibson	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
the	O
player	O
take	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
received	O
polarized	O
reviews	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Action	I-Application
Movie	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
no	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
displayed	O
,	O
instead	O
changing	O
the	O
aspect	B-Device
ratios	I-Device
on	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
show	O
when	O
to	O
do	O
any	O
action	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
was	O
shot	O
by	O
the	O
production	O
company	O
Propaganda	O
Films	O
,	O
known	O
for	O
filming	O
commercials	O
for	O
AT&T	O
and	O
Coca-Cola	O
and	O
filmed	O
1990	O
's	O
Wild	O
at	O
Heart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
1981	O
short	O
story	O
by	O
William	O
Gibson	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
coined	O
the	O
term	O
"	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
"	O
and	O
who	O
served	O
as	O
scriptwriter	O
for	O
the	O
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
saw	O
the	O
first	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
engine	O
Cineactive	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Evolutionary	O
Publishing	O
,	O
which	O
Sony	O
licensed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Christopher	O
Gartin	O
was	O
cast	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interactive	B-Application
movies	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
were	O
often	O
created	O
out	O
of	O
necessity	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
CD-ROMs	O
being	O
forced	O
to	O
compress	O
long	O
movie	O
sequences	O
into	O
low	O
quality	O
files	O
,	O
which	O
developers	O
would	O
combine	O
with	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
and	O
text	O
in	O
what	O
Techtsy	O
describes	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
collage	O
technique	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
Propaganada	O
Code	O
also	O
closed	O
,	O
with	O
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
as	O
their	O
only	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1995	O
,	O
Sony	O
Imagesoft	O
was	O
folded	O
into	O
Sony	O
Computer	O
Entertainment	O
of	O
America	O
due	O
to	O
Sony	O
Corporation	O
of	O
America	O
restructuring	O
their	O
video	O
games	O
operations	O
to	O
prepare	O
for	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
launch	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
CD	I-Device
was	O
also	O
announced	O
but	O
was	O
also	O
unreleased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	B-Application
Mnemonic	I-Application
received	O
polarized	O
reviews	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Los	O
Angeles	O
Times	O
felt	O
the	O
game	O
found	O
ways	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
generally	O
"	O
deadly	O
"	O
genre	O
of	O
interactive	B-Application
movies	I-Application
interesting	O
and	O
exciting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Seattle	O
Times	O
felt	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
breakthrough	O
"	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
electronic	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
true	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
with	O
Hollywood	O
standards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Ardai	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
suffered	O
from	O
"	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
syndrome	O
"	O
,	O
noting	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
only	O
given	O
one	O
chance	O
of	O
success	O
or	O
else	O
clicking	O
the	O
mouse	O
too	O
early	O
or	O
too	O
late	O
causes	O
a	O
game	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
