<s>
Menace	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1988	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
ported	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
working	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Acme	O
Software	O
,	O
they	O
began	O
developing	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
began	O
developing	O
Menace	B-Application
under	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
CopperCon1	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
bedroom	O
at	O
his	O
parents	O
 '	O
house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Jones	O
was	O
informed	O
that	O
Hewson	O
wanted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
"	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Zynaps	B-Application
"	O
,	O
he	O
realised	O
that	O
sales	O
would	O
be	O
limited	O
,	O
and	O
refused	O
to	O
sign	O
the	O
contract	O
;	O
despite	O
this	O
,	O
Hewson	O
had	O
already	O
promoted	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Popular	O
Computing	O
Weekly	O
,	O
before	O
the	O
deal	O
was	O
officially	O
dropped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jones	O
decided	O
for	O
Menace	B-Application
to	O
be	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
game	O
after	O
playing	O
arcade	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Nemesis	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
R-Type	B-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
found	O
difficulty	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
hardware	O
's	O
limitations	O
with	O
smooth	O
scrolling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
completing	O
his	O
own	O
game	O
,	O
Kay	O
was	O
assigned	O
to	O
port	O
Menace	B-Application
to	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
were	O
temporarily	O
replaced	O
with	O
those	O
from	O
Salamander	B-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
;	O
Jones	O
recorded	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
as	O
Hammond	O
and	O
Dailly	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
known	O
as	O
Draconia	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
renamed	O
to	O
Menace	B-Application
shortly	O
before	O
release	O
,	O
upon	O
discovering	O
that	O
another	O
game	O
had	O
the	O
same	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jason	O
Holborn	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
provides	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
arcade	O
action	O
"	O
in	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holborn	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
called	O
the	O
gameplay	O
"	O
exceptional	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
addictive	O
"	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
players	O
will	O
be	O
"	O
hooked	O
for	O
hours	O
on	O
end	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
condemned	O
the	O
"	O
jerky	O
scrolling	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
while	O
Rod	O
Lawton	O
of	O
ACE	O
called	O
the	O
gameplay	O
of	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
"	O
stubbornly	O
8-bit	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lawton	O
of	O
ACE	O
called	O
them	O
"	O
attractive	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Holborn	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
named	O
them	O
"	O
beautifully	O
stomach	O
churning	O
"	O
,	O
calling	O
Menace	B-Application
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
presented	O
games	O
available	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64s	O
Hamza	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
"	O
blessed	O
with	O
nice	O
graphics	O
"	O
,	O
she	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
has	O
"	O
surprisingly	O
weak	O
presentation	O
"	O
;	O
Evans	O
similarly	O
called	O
the	O
graphics	O
"	O
half-baked	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
was	O
disappointed	O
by	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
particularly	O
identifying	O
the	O
limited	O
colour	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ST/Amiga	O
Formats	O
Holborn	O
lauded	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
's	O
appropriation	O
to	O
gameplay	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
brilliant	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
writing	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
speech	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
enhance	O
the	O
feel	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
favourably	O
compared	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
to	O
Xenon	B-Application
(	O
1988	O
)	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
sounds	O
in	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
are	O
"	O
less	O
clear	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
PC	O
sound	O
effects	O
are	O
"	O
pathetic	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
