<s>
M*A*S*H	B-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fox	O
Video	O
Games	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
,	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
followed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
are	O
tasked	O
with	O
controlling	O
a	O
helicopter	B-Application
and	O
army	O
doctors	O
at	O
varying	O
points	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
mobile	O
army	O
surgical	O
hospital	O
(	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
)	O
team	O
rescuing	O
wounded	O
to	O
take	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
4077	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
version	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
speech	O
synthesizer	O
peripheral	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
times	O
characters	O
say	O
phrases	O
aloud	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
butterfingers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
M*A*S*H	B-Application
began	O
development	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
initiative	O
by	O
Frank	O
O'Connell	O
and	O
Paul	O
Carter	O
,	O
who	O
collaborated	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
studio	O
Fox	O
Video	O
Games	O
in	O
April	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
O'Connell	O
stated	O
that	O
his	O
first	O
major	O
acquisition	O
was	O
getting	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
M*A*S*H	B-Application
received	O
heavier	O
promotion	O
than	O
other	O
titles	O
released	O
by	O
Fox	O
Video	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
promoted	O
under	O
Fox	O
's	O
"	O
Games	O
of	O
the	O
Century	O
"	O
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jamie	O
Farr	O
,	O
who	O
portrayed	O
Maxwell	O
Klinger	O
on	O
the	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
TV	O
series	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
official	O
spokesperson	O
for	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1983	O
,	O
O'Connell	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
price	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
be	O
cut	O
by	O
half	O
because	O
of	O
an	O
oversaturated	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
game	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
contest	O
was	O
held	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
person	O
who	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
best	O
premise	O
for	O
a	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
2	O
would	O
receive	O
US$25	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
entry	O
included	O
in	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
M*A*S*H	B-Application
T-shirt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
prizes	O
for	O
those	O
who	O
did	O
not	O
win	O
the	O
money	O
include	O
AMC	O
Jeeps	O
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
home	O
computers	O
,	O
and	O
video	O
games	O
released	O
by	O
Fox	O
Video	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
