<s>
Monopoly	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1995	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Monopoly	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
title	O
was	O
one	B-Application
of	I-Application
many	I-Application
inspired	I-Application
by	I-Application
the	I-Application
property	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
1995	O
to	O
coincide	O
with	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
's	O
60th	O
anniversary	O
,	O
allowing	O
over	O
23	O
million	O
players	O
to	O
play	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
languages	O
;	O
the	O
game	O
offered	O
immediate	O
translations	O
of	O
currency	O
exchange	O
and	O
properties	O
,	O
allowing	O
international	O
players	O
to	O
view	O
regional	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
when	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
market	O
research	O
firm	O
PC	O
Data	O
,	O
Monopoly	B-Application
was	O
the	O
11th-best-selling	O
computer	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
for	O
the	O
year	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Monopoly	B-Application
sold	O
another	O
273,937	O
copies	O
and	O
earned	O
an	O
additional	O
$6.36	O
million	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
alone	O
;	O
this	O
secured	O
it	O
position	O
16	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
sales	O
rankings	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trent	O
Ward	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
wrote	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
notion	O
of	O
making	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
adaption	O
of	O
Monopoly	B-Application
was	O
a	O
"	O
simple	O
concept	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
that	O
the	O
developers	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
was	O
"	O
brilliant	O
"	O
because	O
they	O
"	O
set	O
their	O
minds	O
to	O
it	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Media	O
Matrix	O
Inc.	O
,	O
Monopoly	B-Application
was	O
the	O
20th	O
top	O
game	O
played	O
by	O
U.S.	O
Home	O
PC	O
users	O
across	O
March	O
2000	O
,	O
with	O
454	O
unique	O
persons	O
,	O
0.52	O
%	O
share	O
across	O
PC	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
0.94	O
%	O
share	O
across	O
PC	O
game	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monopoly	B-Application
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
award	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
"	O
Classics/Puzzles	O
"	O
game	O
of	O
1995	O
,	O
which	O
ultimately	O
went	O
to	O
You	B-Application
Do	I-Application
n't	I-Application
Know	I-Application
Jack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
praised	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
conversion	O
[	O
of	O
Monopoly ]	O
to	O
the	O
computer	O
yet.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
named	O
Monopoly	B-Application
the	O
113th	O
best	O
game	O
ever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Based	O
on	O
the	O
quintessential	O
family	O
boardgame	O
,	O
this	O
Internet-capable	O
version	O
of	O
Monopoly	B-Application
offered	O
more	O
than	O
we	O
ever	O
expected	O
in	O
a	O
computer	O
version.	O
"	O
</s>
