<s>
Loaded	O
(	O
released	O
as	O
Blood	O
Factory	O
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction-themed	O
top-down	B-Application
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loaded	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
15	O
,	O
1995	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
was	O
released	O
with	O
mildly	O
improved	O
graphics	O
:	O
Re-Loaded	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mission	O
briefing	O
plays	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
every	O
mission	O
,	O
aided	O
by	O
a	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
sequence	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loaded	O
's	O
gameplay	O
is	O
almost	O
identical	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
,	O
which	O
requires	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
move	O
room	O
to	O
room	O
killing	O
everything	O
in	O
sight	O
,	O
everything	O
of	O
which	O
will	O
try	O
to	O
kill	O
the	O
player	O
also	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loaded	O
and	O
its	O
sequel	B-Language
Re-Loaded	B-Application
would	O
be	O
among	O
the	O
last	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Interactive	O
,	O
before	O
it	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
French	O
giant	O
Infogrames	O
for	O
£24	O
million	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
studio	O
in	O
Sheffield	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
demo	O
of	O
Loaded	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
a	O
demo	O
disc	O
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
over	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
appeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Asked	O
to	O
explain	O
this	O
delay	O
,	O
Interplay	O
producer	O
Jeremy	O
Airey	O
stated	O
,	O
"	O
A	O
year	O
ago	O
,	O
we	O
were	O
worried	O
if	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
was	O
even	O
going	O
to	O
do	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
late	O
,	O
[	O
Saturn	B-Device
sales ]	O
have	O
picked	O
up	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
when	O
we	O
started	O
doing	O
Loaded	O
[	O
for	O
the ]	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
it	O
looked	O
horrible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
would	O
then	O
enable	O
the	O
listener	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
full	O
soundtrack	O
-	O
including	O
many	O
hidden	O
tracks	O
and	O
two	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
complete	O
tracks	O
from	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
version	O
of	O
Zool	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
Mount	O
Ices	O
and	O
Mental	O
Block	O
's	O
house	O
)	O
,	O
another	O
game	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
met	O
with	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
compared	O
it	O
favorably	O
to	O
Smash	B-Application
TV	I-Application
and	O
cited	O
the	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
most	O
enjoyable	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
lacks	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
strategy	O
of	O
similar-minded	O
titles	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
,	O
the	O
action	O
hardly	O
ever	O
lets	O
up.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
they	O
complimented	O
the	O
animated	O
environments	O
and	O
four-player	O
option	O
,	O
Maximum	O
had	O
an	O
overall	O
subdued	O
reaction	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
is	O
much	O
more	O
repetitive	O
than	O
similar	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Alien	B-Application
Breed	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Chaos	I-Application
Engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
critics	O
commented	O
that	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
successfully	O
replicated	O
the	O
graphical	O
effects	O
and	O
other	O
technical	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
notable	O
exception	O
in	O
Tommy	O
Glide	O
of	O
GamePro	O
,	O
who	O
said	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
not	O
as	O
smooth	O
and	O
do	O
not	O
zoom	O
as	O
easily	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
and	O
Dan	O
Hsu	O
and	O
Crispin	O
Boyer	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
said	O
that	O
Loaded	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
it	O
seemed	O
in	O
the	O
wake	O
of	O
its	O
original	O
release	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
,	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
and	O
shock	O
value	O
were	O
not	O
enough	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
mindless	O
gameplay	O
from	O
quickly	O
becoming	O
boring	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
reassessment	O
roughly	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
lowered	O
its	O
score	O
to	O
three	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
stars	O
(	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hugh	O
Sterbakov	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
and	O
Rad	O
Automatic	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
mindless	O
and	O
repetitive	O
,	O
but	O
held	O
that	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
of	O
simplistic	O
shooters	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
editors	O
named	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Best	O
Music	O
of	O
1996	O
(	O
behind	O
Wipeout	B-Application
XL	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Loaded	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
shipping	O
250,000	O
copies	O
the	O
week	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
USA	O
alone	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
over	O
140,000	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Less	O
than	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
a	O
sequel	B-Language
was	O
released	O
also	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
entitled	O
Re-Loaded	B-Application
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
companies	O
.	O
</s>
