<s>
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
The	O
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
survival	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
strategy	B-Application
elements	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
team	O
Shadow	O
Development	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
computers	O
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
port	O
by	O
Astros	O
Productions	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
fails	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
opponent	O
before	O
a	O
timer	O
expires	O
,	O
that	O
soldier	O
is	O
assumed	O
missing	B-Application
in	I-Application
action	I-Application
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
began	O
as	O
an	O
idea	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Cinemaware	O
's	O
'	O
interactive	O
movie	O
 '	O
titles	O
but	O
with	O
more	O
gameplay	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
designer	O
and	O
artist	O
Ian	O
Harling	O
even	O
sent	O
a	O
game	O
concept	O
to	O
Cinemaware	O
and	O
six	O
other	O
companies	O
but	O
was	O
rejected	O
,	O
until	O
Ocean	O
Software	O
's	O
Gary	O
Bracey	O
accepted	O
it	O
in	O
early	O
1989	O
when	O
they	O
decided	O
to	O
move	O
on	O
to	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
by	O
Ocean	O
as	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
their	O
1987	O
's	O
Platoon	B-Application
and	O
was	O
thus	O
initially	O
subtitled	O
Platoon	B-Application
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harling	O
created	O
the	O
graphics	O
using	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
II	I-Application
,	O
scanned	O
hand-drawn	O
images	O
with	O
photographic	O
references	O
,	O
and	O
digitized	O
Vietnam	O
footage	O
stills	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
as	O
the	O
prime	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
original	O
32-color	O
graphics	O
were	O
then	O
downgraded	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
a	O
widely	O
pirated	O
,	O
leaked	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
incomplete	O
,	O
buggy	O
and	O
prone	O
to	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
was	O
also	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
by	O
Astros	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
sold	O
very	O
well	O
and	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
's	O
Amiga	B-Device
's	O
top	O
ten	O
chart	O
in	O
late	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mostly	O
positive	O
reviews	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
scores	O
of	O
85%	O
from	O
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
,	O
73%	O
from	O
The	O
One	O
,	O
79%	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
,	O
and	O
83%	O
from	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zero	O
gave	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Lost	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
an	O
overall	O
score	O
of	O
89%	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
got	O
88%	O
.	O
</s>
