<s>
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
(	O
SSI	O
)	O
and	O
DreamForge	O
Intertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
engine	O
as	O
SSI	O
's	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
Ravenloft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Strahd	I-Application
's	I-Application
Possession	I-Application
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
Forgotten	B-Application
Realms	I-Application
campaign	O
setting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
,	O
an	O
underground	O
city	O
populated	O
by	O
the	O
Drow	O
,	O
had	O
been	O
introduced	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
materials	O
two	O
years	O
earlier	O
in	O
December	O
1992	O
in	O
a	O
three-book	O
box	O
set	O
called	O
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
:	O
The	O
Famed	O
City	O
of	O
the	O
Drow	O
by	O
Ed	O
Greenwood	O
,	O
R	O
.	O
A	O
.	O
Salvatore	O
,	O
and	O
Douglas	O
Niles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
elements	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
Underworld	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Stygian	I-Application
Abyss	I-Application
(	O
3d	O
world	O
and	O
real-time	O
action	O
)	O
and	O
its	O
game	O
concept	O
is	O
somewhat	O
similar	O
to	O
Westwood	O
's	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
1996	O
compilation	O
set	O
,	O
the	O
AD&D	B-Application
Masterpiece	I-Application
Collection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Scorpia	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Overall	O
,	O
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
is	O
a	O
disappointment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Wright	O
of	O
PC	O
Zone	O
considered	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
case	O
of	O
dumb	O
dungeoneering	O
stylishly	O
put	O
together	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
tries	O
to	O
be	O
Ultima	B-Application
Underworld	I-Application
and	O
fails	O
miserably	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
T	O
.	O
Liam	O
McDonald	O
of	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
US	O
called	O
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
the	O
best	O
Advanced	O
Dungeons	O
&	O
Dragons	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
story	O
,	O
but	O
complained	O
that	O
it	O
is	O
"	O
combat	O
oriented	O
in	O
early	O
levels	O
and	O
takes	O
its	O
sweet	O
time	O
getting	O
to	O
the	O
narrative	O
elements	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Allen	O
Rausch	O
of	O
GameSpy	O
,	O
"	O
without	O
a	O
great	O
plot	O
and	O
exciting	O
monsters	O
that	O
truly	O
utilized	O
its	O
spectacular	O
setting	O
,	O
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
ended	O
up	O
being	O
less	O
impressive	O
than	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
players	O
 '	O
imaginations	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dungeons	O
and	O
Desktops	O
:	O
The	O
History	O
of	O
Computer	O
Role-Playing	O
Games	O
said	O
"	O
the	O
last	O
TSR-licensed	O
game	O
SSI	O
published	O
is	O
the	O
infamously	O
wretched	O
(	O
and	O
hard	O
to	O
spell	O
)	O
Menzoberranzan	B-Application
,	O
which	O
appeared	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
DOS	O
.	O
</s>
