<s>
Cool	O
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
designed	O
by	O
Peter	O
Oliphant	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
and	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
were	O
written	O
by	O
John	O
Redekopp	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
heavily	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
1982	O
arcade	O
video	O
game	O
Q*bert	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
finishing	O
his	O
first	O
game	O
for	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
,	O
Wall	O
War	O
,	O
Peter	O
Oliphant	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
Q*bert	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cool	O
was	O
a	O
response	O
to	O
that	O
:	O
"	O
a	O
game	O
like	O
Q*bert	B-Application
,	O
but	O
better	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
version	O
finished	O
three	O
weeks	O
after	O
he	O
first	O
started	O
thinking	O
about	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cool	O
lacks	O
Bert	O
's	O
Escheresque	O
assault	O
on	O
the	O
eyes	O
,	O
it	O
’s	O
a	O
no	O
less	O
addicting	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
