<s>
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
is	O
a	O
light	O
gun	O
shooter	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Mesa	O
Logic	O
for	O
Atari	O
Games	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Atari	O
Games	O
re-released	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
one	O
machine	O
called	O
Area	O
51/Maximum	O
Force	O
Duo	O
that	O
also	O
included	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
,	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
,	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
uses	O
digitized	O
video	O
stored	O
on	O
an	O
on-board	O
hard	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
and	O
red	O
gibs	O
into	O
which	O
every	O
enemy	O
blows	O
apart	O
when	O
shot	O
,	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
into	O
markets	O
increasingly	O
dominated	O
by	O
games	O
with	O
polygon	O
graphics	O
,	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
was	O
a	O
critical	O
failure	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
citing	O
generic	O
and	O
dated	O
gameplay	O
,	O
unrealistic	O
death	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
short	O
length	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shooting	O
windows	B-Application
,	O
barrels	O
,	O
cars	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
objects	O
increases	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
score	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
was	O
a	O
moderate	O
success	O
in	O
arcades	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
overwhelmingly	O
remarked	O
that	O
digitized	O
light	O
gun	O
shooting	O
was	O
overfamiliar	O
or	O
even	O
outdated	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
added	O
that	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
was	O
superior	O
to	O
most	O
games	O
in	O
that	O
style	O
,	O
including	O
Area	B-Application
51	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
elaborated	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
video	O
backgrounds	O
move	O
very	O
smoothly	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
baddies	O
actually	O
seem	O
to	O
fit	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
looking	O
as	O
if	O
they	O
've	O
been	O
stuck	O
in	O
as	O
an	O
afterthought	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
many	O
critics	O
also	O
remarked	O
that	O
the	O
30-minute	O
length	O
,	O
while	O
decent	O
by	O
arcade	O
standards	O
,	O
was	O
unacceptably	O
short	O
for	O
a	O
home	O
console	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
alternate	O
routes	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
leaves	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
with	O
little	O
replay	O
value	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
reviews	O
assessed	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
overall	O
bland	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
alternatives	O
,	O
with	O
IGN	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
is	O
n't	O
as	O
bad	O
as	O
Revolution	B-Application
X	I-Application
or	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
ones	O
floating	O
around	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
no	O
Time	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
either.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Informer	O
was	O
more	O
positive	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
fun	O
and	O
replayable	O
game	O
which	O
had	O
been	O
converted	O
faithfully	O
to	O
both	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
,	O
but	O
likewise	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
outshone	O
by	O
competitors	O
like	O
Time	B-Application
Crisis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gamers	O
will	O
be	O
better	O
served	O
by	O
picking	O
up	O
Virtua	B-Application
Cop	I-Application
2	I-Application
or	O
even	O
Die	O
Hard	O
Trilogy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
if	O
you	O
're	O
looking	O
for	O
something	O
more	O
serious	O
,	O
along	O
the	O
lines	O
of	O
a	O
Virtua	B-Application
Cop	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
then	O
you	O
should	O
n't	O
even	O
consider	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
concluded	O
,	O
"	O
Gamers	O
who	O
enjoyed	O
all	O
those	O
gun	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
past	O
will	O
find	O
familiar	O
ground	O
in	O
Maximum	B-Application
Force	I-Application
.	O
</s>
