<s>
Solar	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Rescue	I-Operating_System
Frenzy	O
,	O
shortened	O
to	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Rescue	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
and	O
Ivan	O
Zorzin	O
of	O
Llamasoft	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
January	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
Llamasoft	O
's	O
first	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
started	O
what	O
he	O
called	O
"	O
the	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Project	O
"	O
:	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
games	O
,	O
each	O
embracing	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
a	O
particular	O
8-bit	O
game	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
without	O
the	O
hardware	O
restrictions	O
that	O
made	O
designing	O
games	O
for	O
them	O
difficult	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Rescue	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Project	O
game	O
representing	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
Llamasoft	O
pulled	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
market	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Rescue	I-Operating_System
,	O
are	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
via	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
App	I-Application
Store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
resembles	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
of	O
Asteroids	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
ship	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
moved	O
around	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
firing	O
bullets	O
at	O
asteroids	B-Application
which	O
appear	O
from	O
the	O
edges	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Destroying	O
a	O
sufficient	O
number	O
of	O
asteroids	B-Application
completes	O
a	O
level	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
immediately	O
advances	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
large	O
asteroid	O
is	O
shot	O
,	O
it	O
breaks	O
into	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
smaller	O
asteroids	B-Application
;	O
if	O
an	O
asteroid	O
of	O
the	O
smallest	O
size	O
is	O
shot	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Rescue	I-Operating_System
develops	O
the	O
game	O
further	O
by	O
adding	O
a	O
central	O
"	O
Sun	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
exerts	O
gravity	O
upon	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ship	O
,	O
bullets	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
asteroids	B-Application
in	O
a	O
similar	O
fashion	O
to	O
Gridrunner	B-Application
Revolution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minotaurs	B-Operating_System
may	O
also	O
appear	O
when	O
asteroids	B-Application
are	O
shot	O
,	O
or	O
directly	O
from	O
the	O
edges	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
;	O
collecting	O
these	O
awards	O
bonus	O
points	O
,	O
increases	O
a	O
global	O
score	O
multiplier	O
,	O
and	O
increases	O
the	O
fire	O
rate	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
weapon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
an	O
asteroid	O
or	O
minotaur	B-Operating_System
is	O
pulled	O
into	O
collision	O
with	O
the	O
sun	O
,	O
the	O
asteroid	O
or	O
minotaur	B-Operating_System
is	O
destroyed	O
and	O
the	O
sun	O
expands	O
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
strength	O
of	O
the	O
gravity	O
it	O
creates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
two	O
additional	O
modes	O
:	O
Deep	O
Space	O
Minotaur	B-Operating_System
Madness	O
mode	O
removes	O
the	O
sun	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
adds	O
a	O
lesser	O
level	O
of	O
gravity	O
to	O
each	O
asteroid	O
.	O
</s>
