<s>
known	O
outside	O
Japan	O
as	O
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Z	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
1986	O
rail	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Studio	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Famicom	O
in	O
Japan	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
internationally	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
much	O
later	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
release	O
,	O
there	O
were	O
two	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
;	O
and	O
a	O
special	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
central	O
location	O
test	O
version	O
,	O
sometimes	O
dubbed	O
Final	O
Version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Z	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Game	O
Studio	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Bandai	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Game	O
Studio	O
founder	O
Masanobu	O
Endō	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
Namco	O
and	O
created	O
widely-successful	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Xevious	B-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Tower	I-Application
of	I-Application
Druaga	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hot	O
Scramble	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Mobile	O
Suit	O
Zeta	O
Gundam	O
,	O
the	O
sequel	O
anime	O
series	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Endo	O
approached	O
Namco	O
about	O
publishing	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
who	O
denied	O
the	O
offer	O
after	O
their	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
adaptation	I-Application
of	O
Macross	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Gundam	O
games	O
had	O
been	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
computer	O
and	O
as	O
LCD	B-Device
handheld	O
games	O
from	O
the	O
early	O
1980	O
's	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
Hot	O
Scramble	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Nobuyuki	O
Ohnogi	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
also	O
worked	O
for	O
Namco	O
on	O
games	O
such	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
,	O
Galaga	B-Application
,	O
and	O
New	B-Application
Rally-X	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Z	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
on	O
March	O
18	O
,	O
2004	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
line	O
of	O
re-releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
Extra	O
brand	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
produced	O
as	O
a	O
raffle	O
prize	O
to	O
those	O
that	O
purchased	O
Kidō	B-Device
Senshi	I-Device
Gundam	I-Device
:	I-Device
Senshitachi	I-Device
no	I-Device
Kiseki	I-Device
on	O
the	O
GameCube	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
eleventh	O
and	O
final	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Famicom	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
series	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Z	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
for	O
Bandai	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Z	I-Application
Gundam	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hot	I-Application
Scramble	I-Application
attracted	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Family	O
Computer	O
Magazine	O
praised	O
the	O
first-person	O
shooting	O
segments	O
for	O
being	O
fun	O
to	O
play	O
,	O
comparing	O
them	O
to	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Star	B-Application
Luster	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
Gundam	O
robots	O
that	O
were	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
