<s>
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Programmer	O
Ed	O
Salvo	O
was	O
inspired	O
to	O
make	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
when	O
he	O
was	O
waiting	O
for	O
his	O
luggage	O
at	O
the	O
Dallas/Fort	O
Worth	O
International	O
Airport	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
took	O
around	O
four	O
weeks	O
to	O
produce	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
criticized	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarity	O
to	O
Activision	O
's	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
—	O
which	O
itself	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Avalanche	B-Application
—	O
believing	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
to	O
be	O
an	O
inferior	O
clone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
skycap	O
porters	O
who	O
are	O
attempting	O
to	O
collect	O
falling	O
luggage	O
from	O
a	O
wildly	O
unpredictable	O
baggage	O
carousel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
,	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
studio	O
based	O
in	O
Richardson	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
which	O
targeted	O
the	O
game	O
at	O
people	O
who	O
traveled	O
regularly	O
,	O
believing	O
that	O
they	O
would	O
like	O
its	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggages	I-Application
development	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
employed	O
five	O
people	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
crew	O
of	O
Apollo	O
brainstormed	O
titles	O
for	O
half	O
an	O
hour	O
before	O
deciding	O
on	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
;	O
Runyon	O
later	O
remembered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
proposed	O
titles	O
was	O
"	O
Airport	O
Mayhem	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
music	O
for	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
were	O
created	O
by	O
Larry	O
Minor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salvo	O
estimated	O
that	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
took	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
four	O
weeks	O
to	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
,	O
Runyon	O
departed	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
he	O
worked	O
on	O
at	O
the	O
studio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
released	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
in	O
September	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Runyon	O
speculated	O
that	O
Salvo	O
may	O
have	O
found	O
more	O
space	O
after	O
tweaking	B-Device
the	O
game	O
and	O
added	O
the	O
features	O
,	O
while	O
Salvo	O
did	O
not	O
"	O
remember	O
doing	O
any	O
of	O
this	O
and	O
I	O
ca	O
n't	O
conceive	O
of	O
anyone	O
at	O
Apollo	O
messing	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
it	O
went	O
to	O
production.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Kunkel	O
and	O
Arnie	O
Katz	O
wrote	O
in	O
a	O
1982	O
issue	O
of	O
the	O
magazine	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
that	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
did	O
not	O
have	O
"	O
the	O
spark	O
of	O
greatness	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
they	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
shifting	O
away	O
from	O
"	O
the	O
typical	O
SF	O
shoot-out	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
solid	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
playable	O
"	O
,	O
they	O
remarked	O
on	O
its	O
plain-looking	O
graphics	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
even	O
the	O
greatest	O
concept	O
cannot	O
make	O
a	O
great	O
game	O
when	O
it	O
is	O
n't	O
blended	O
with	O
an	O
outstanding	O
type	O
of	O
play	O
action.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Danny	O
Goodman	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
graphics	O
are	O
fun	O
to	O
watch	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
play	O
for	O
experienced	O
players	O
gets	O
old	O
fast	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
the	O
magazine	O
TV	O
Gamer	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
children	O
,	O
but	O
felt	O
that	O
seasoned	O
video	O
game	O
players	O
would	O
enjoy	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
reviews	O
have	O
been	O
largely	O
critical	O
–	O
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
AllGame	O
,	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
"	O
slower	O
,	O
less	O
intense	O
,	O
less	O
enjoyable	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
criticized	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
paddle	B-Device
controller	I-Device
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
not	O
even	O
the	O
two-player	O
and	O
terrorist	O
modes	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
enjoyable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
book	O
Classic	O
Home	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
Weiss	O
wrote	O
that	O
Lost	B-Application
Luggage	I-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
fleeting	O
pleasure	O
"	O
,	O
opining	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
airplanes	O
flying	O
overhead	O
look	O
nice	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
ordinary	O
in	O
appearance	O
"	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
difficulty	O
curve	O
and	O
action	B-Application
were	O
poor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Atari	O
HQ	O
,	O
Keita	O
Iida	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
there	O
are	O
good	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
clones	O
(	O
Eggomania	B-Application
)	O
and	O
then	O
there	O
are	O
bad	O
ones	O
(	O
this	O
one	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Iida	O
believed	O
that	O
if	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
as	O
similar	O
to	O
Kaboom	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
