<s>
Dan	O
Bunten	O
's	O
Modem	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
a	O
real-time	B-Application
tactics	I-Application
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Ozark	O
Softscape	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1988	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modem	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
is	O
played	O
over	O
a	O
modem	B-Application
connection	O
between	O
two	O
machines	O
(	O
via	O
telephone	O
or	O
null	O
modem	B-Application
serial	O
connection	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
players	O
controlling	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
robotic	O
units	O
trying	O
to	O
eliminate	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
command	O
center	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
separate	O
utility	O
allows	O
replays	O
to	O
be	O
uploaded	O
to	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
for	O
sharing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
Modem	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
to	O
call	O
attention	O
to	O
how	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
played	O
against	O
other	O
humans	O
via	O
modem	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modem	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
uses	O
4-byte	O
packets	O
for	O
each	O
"	O
move	O
"	O
,	O
deltas	O
to	O
determine	O
game	O
states	O
,	O
and	O
storage	O
of	O
those	O
deltas	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
after-game	O
replays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Scott	O
Sharkey	O
of	O
1up.com	O
compared	O
Modem	B-Application
Wars	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
real-time	O
strategy	O
game	O
Herzog	O
Zwei''	O
,	O
saying	O
it	O
was	O
perhaps	O
"	O
the	O
closest	O
predecessor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
