<s>
Mendel	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
puzzle	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Freak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mendel	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
is	O
the	O
debut	O
game	O
of	O
Satoshi	O
Tajiri	O
and	O
his	O
company	O
Game	O
Freak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
,	O
the	O
main	O
character	O
is	O
named	O
Carton	O
and	O
the	O
girl	O
he	O
must	O
rescue	O
is	O
merely	O
his	O
own	O
girlfriend	O
,	O
Jenny	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
kidnapped	O
by	O
Carton	O
's	O
younger	O
sister	O
Quinty	B-Application
(	O
the	O
titular	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
is	O
jealous	O
of	O
the	O
attention	O
that	O
Jenny	O
gets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
doll	O
does	O
a	O
simple	O
action	B-Application
that	O
varies	O
from	O
each	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satoshi	O
Tajiri	O
had	O
initially	O
used	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Family	B-Language
BASIC	I-Language
(	O
1984	O
)	O
as	O
a	O
gateway	O
to	O
build	O
his	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
internal	O
operation	O
of	O
the	O
Famicom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
inspired	O
him	O
to	O
create	O
his	O
own	O
handmade	O
Famicom	O
game	O
development	O
hardware	O
from	O
spare	O
electronics	O
parts	O
,	O
spend	O
two	O
years	O
learning	O
programming	O
,	O
and	O
spend	O
one	O
year	O
making	O
Game	O
Freak	O
's	O
debut	O
game	O
Quinty	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tajiri	O
had	O
already	O
written	O
entire	O
issues	O
of	O
his	O
magazine	O
called	O
Game	O
Freak	O
solely	O
about	O
his	O
favorite	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
Xevious	B-Application
(	O
1983	O
)	O
,	O
so	O
he	O
wanted	O
Quinty	B-Application
to	O
be	O
published	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
Namco	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
made	O
Xevious	B-Application
and	O
several	O
other	O
cute	O
,	O
colorful	O
arcade	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taijiri	O
marketed	O
Quinty	B-Application
to	O
American	O
NES	O
licensees	O
by	O
driving	O
a	O
rental	O
car	O
"	O
all	O
over	O
the	O
West	O
Coast	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
60,000	O
copies	O
of	O
Mendel	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
were	O
sold	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Kohler	O
called	O
Quinty	B-Application
"	O
a	O
fond	O
look	O
back	O
at	O
the	O
classic	O
arcade	O
game	O
style	O
that	O
Taijiri	O
and	O
[	O
Game	O
Freak	O
magazine	O
co-author	O
Ken	O
Sugimori ]	O
loved	O
,	O
with	O
simple	O
,	O
easy-to-learn	O
game	O
play	O
and	O
beautifully	O
animated	O
graphics	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Tokyo	O
Metropolitan	O
Museum	O
of	O
Photography	O
made	O
an	O
exhibit	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
game	O
library	O
,	O
spotlighting	O
Quinty	B-Application
with	O
the	O
label	O
of	O
"	O
The	O
End	O
Result	O
of	O
the	O
Otaku	O
Culture	O
of	O
the	O
'	O
80s	O
"	O
and	O
calling	O
its	O
simple	O
controls	O
upon	O
a	O
single	O
screen	O
"	O
decidedly	O
old	O
school	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
publishing	O
process	O
and	O
commercial	O
success	O
of	O
Quinty	B-Application
and	O
Mendel	B-Application
Palace	I-Application
honed	O
Taijiri	O
's	O
inspiration	O
and	O
skills	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
Pokémon	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
on	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
,	O
which	O
grew	O
to	O
include	O
what	O
critics	O
called	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
greatest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
