<s>
Lunicus	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
computer	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Cyberflix	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Paramount	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
shares	O
many	O
traits	O
in	O
both	O
graphical	O
style	O
and	O
gameplay	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
Cyberflix	O
's	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
like	O
Jump	B-Application
Raven	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
rated	O
as	O
1993	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
game	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
MacWorld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Mac	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
adventure	O
games	O
released	O
to	O
capitalize	O
on	O
the	O
adoption	O
of	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
drives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lunicus	B-Application
is	O
primarily	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
;	O
in	O
between	O
combat	O
missions	O
you	O
may	O
wander	O
the	O
moon	O
base	O
you	O
are	O
stationed	O
on	O
and	O
talk	O
to	O
the	O
various	O
NPCs	O
contained	O
within	O
,	O
with	O
full	O
voice	O
acting	O
and	O
some	O
stilted	O
animation	O
which	O
is	O
characterized	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
packaging	O
as	O
"	O
Talking	O
Cyber	O
Puppets	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
activities	O
are	O
seen	O
from	O
a	O
first	O
person	O
perspective	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
can	O
only	O
face	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
directions	O
,	O
turning	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
on	O
a	O
tile-based	O
grid	O
similar	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Scarab	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Ra	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Direct	O
targeting	O
is	O
accomplished	O
with	O
the	O
mouse	O
,	O
while	O
movement	O
is	O
accomplished	O
with	O
either	O
the	O
mouse	O
or	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
heads	B-Application
up	I-Application
display	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
included	O
several	O
pre-rendered	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
sequences	O
,	O
usually	O
bookending	O
the	O
combat	O
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
stationed	O
on	O
the	O
United	O
Nations	O
moon	O
base	O
,	O
Lunicus	B-Application
,	O
to	O
defend	O
against	O
the	O
threat	O
of	O
the	O
alien	O
attack	O
,	O
led	O
by	O
the	O
Hive	O
Queen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lunicus	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
CyberFlix	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
officially	O
incorporated	O
until	O
after	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
with	O
DreamFactory	O
,	O
a	O
development	O
environment	O
programmed	O
by	O
CyberFlix	O
founder	O
William	O
Appleton	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
designed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
software	O
SuperCard	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lunicus	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
initial	O
Macintosh	B-Device
release	O
,	O
Lunicus	B-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
50,000	O
units	O
by	O
August	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
August	O
28	O
,	O
another	O
50,000	O
units	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
shipped	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
January	O
3	O
,	O
sales	O
of	O
Lunicus	B-Application
had	O
reached	O
close	O
to	O
the	O
100,000	O
mark	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
presented	O
Lunicus	B-Application
with	O
its	O
1993	O
"	O
Best	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
Game	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Singling	O
out	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
high	O
frame	O
rate	O
as	O
its	O
best	O
feature	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Unlike	O
other	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
games	O
,	O
which	O
have	O
an	O
annoying	O
lag	O
between	O
the	O
time	O
you	O
pull	O
the	O
trigger	O
and	O
the	O
time	O
something	O
happens	O
,	O
Lunicus	B-Application
moves	O
with	O
sufficient	O
speed	O
to	O
keep	O
you	O
in	O
the	O
action.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
August	O
1993	O
criticized	O
the	O
varying	O
quality	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
Lunicus	B-Application
was	O
"	O
CD-full	O
of	O
fist-fighting	O
action	O
...	O
fancy	O
footwork	O
and	O
a	O
solid	O
punch	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
