<s>
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
&	I-Application
the	I-Application
Knights	I-Application
of	I-Application
Justice	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Manley	O
&	O
Associates	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Enix	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
May	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
cartoon	B-Application
series	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
title	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
loosely	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Arthurian	O
legend	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
exclusively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
on	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
team	O
of	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
players	O
who	O
are	O
transported	O
to	O
Medieval	O
England	O
and	O
given	O
the	O
mission	O
to	O
save	O
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
and	O
destroy	O
the	O
evil	O
sorceress	O
Morgana	O
and	O
her	O
army	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
Enix	O
title	O
developed	O
by	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
inspired	O
in-part	O
by	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Changing	O
party	O
members	O
is	O
done	O
by	O
visiting	O
the	O
Round	O
Table	O
room	O
in	O
Camelot	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
evil	O
sorceress	O
Morgana	O
has	O
magically	O
imprisoned	O
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Knights	O
of	O
the	O
Round	O
Table	O
in	O
the	O
Cave	O
of	O
Glass	O
beneath	O
her	O
castle	O
,	O
past	O
Hadrian	O
's	O
Wall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Camelot	B-Application
,	O
the	O
King	O
's	O
wizard	O
Merlin	B-Device
uses	O
a	O
crystal	O
ball	O
and	O
locates	O
a	O
brave	O
team	O
of	O
"	O
warriors	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
Arthur	O
King	O
and	O
dubbed	O
"	O
The	O
Knights	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
are	O
actually	O
American	B-Application
football	I-Application
players	O
,	O
though	O
Merlin	B-Device
interprets	O
their	O
names	O
as	O
a	O
sign	O
of	O
fate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Merlin	B-Device
asks	O
them	O
to	O
break	O
the	O
seal	O
on	O
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
and	O
the	O
Knights	O
of	O
the	O
Round	O
by	O
gathering	O
the	O
twelve	O
Keys	O
of	O
Truth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
party	O
retrieves	O
the	O
Excalibur	B-Application
sword	O
from	O
the	O
Lady	O
of	O
the	O
Lake	O
,	O
proving	O
their	O
worth	O
by	O
claiming	O
the	O
Pendragon	O
Shield	O
from	O
a	O
young	O
dragon	O
at	O
Shield	O
Heights	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
event	O
,	O
a	O
Warlord	O
infiltrates	O
Camelot	B-Application
and	O
poisons	O
Squire	O
Everett	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
ending	O
sequence	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
members	O
are	O
congratulated	O
by	O
the	O
real	O
,	O
freed	O
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Merlin	B-Device
uses	O
Stonehenge	O
to	O
send	O
them	O
back	O
to	O
their	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
King	B-Application
Arthur	I-Application
&	I-Application
the	I-Application
Knights	I-Application
of	I-Application
Justice	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Enix	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
:	O
Manley	O
&	O
Associates	O
in	O
Issaquah	O
,	O
Washington	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
16-megabit	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
,	O
but	O
four	O
additional	O
megabits	O
were	O
eventually	O
added	O
to	O
expand	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
original	B-Application
cartoon	I-Application
series	I-Application
,	O
the	O
developers	O
gathered	O
ideas	O
from	O
several	O
sources	O
for	O
inspiration	O
,	O
including	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
action-adventure	O
game	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
books	O
such	O
as	O
T	O
.	O
H	O
.	O
White	O
's	O
The	O
Book	O
of	O
Merlyn	O
and	O
fables	O
from	O
Medieval	O
poet	O
Marie	O
de	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freelance	B-Language
critic	O
Robert	O
Schmitz	O
gave	O
the	O
title	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
0.5	O
out	O
of	O
11	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
awful	O
"	O
and	O
explaining	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
almost	O
"	O
better	O
left	O
unsaid	O
"	O
,	O
Schmitz	O
criticised	O
Enix	O
's	O
decision	O
to	O
base	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
a	O
little-known	O
cartoon	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Semrad	O
and	O
Danyon	O
Carpenter	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
okay	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
strong	O
music	O
,	O
immersive	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
and	O
epic	O
quest	O
balanced	O
against	O
the	O
below-average	O
graphics	O
,	O
while	O
Al	O
Manuel	O
and	O
Sushi-X	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
an	O
all-around	O
mediocre	O
clone	O
of	O
Secret	B-Application
of	I-Application
Mana	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Carpenter	O
and	O
Sushi-X	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
have	O
a	O
hard	O
time	O
getting	O
noticed	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
as	O
Chrono	B-Application
Trigger	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Knights	O
 '	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
was	O
also	O
denounced	O
,	O
as	O
was	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
animation	O
when	O
a	O
character	O
or	O
enemy	O
is	O
hit	O
.	O
</s>
