<s>
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
platform	O
shooter	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
by	O
UPL	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
is	O
a	O
shoot'em	O
up	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
"	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
games	O
,	O
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
has	O
almost	O
no	O
platform	O
part	O
whatsoever	O
and	O
the	O
character	O
's	O
shooting	O
power	O
is	O
very	O
limited	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
bonuses	O
appear	O
in	O
later	O
games	O
from	O
various	O
editors	O
like	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
's	O
Bonk	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Bonk	I-Application
's	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
or	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
New	B-Application
Super	I-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
(	O
2006	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
was	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
and	O
was	O
never	O
ported	O
to	O
any	O
other	O
systems	O
until	O
2017	O
,	O
when	O
Hamster	O
(	O
the	O
current	O
rights	O
owner	O
of	O
Nihon	O
Bussan	O
games	O
)	O
released	O
it	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
and	O
in	O
December	O
2021	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atomic	B-Device
Robo-Kid	I-Device
,	O
another	O
side	O
scrolling	O
shoot'em	O
up	O
game	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
UPL	O
,	O
could	O
be	O
considered	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
as	O
the	O
two	O
games	O
have	O
some	O
similarities	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Tsutomu	O
Fuzisawa	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
designer	O
,	O
created	O
the	O
character	O
design	O
in	O
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphic	O
atmospheres	O
are	O
very	O
close	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
level	O
in	O
Atomic	B-Device
Robo-Kid	I-Device
even	O
actually	O
using	O
graphics	O
from	O
a	O
forest	O
level	O
from	O
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
,	O
only	O
slightly	O
enhanced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atomic	B-Device
Robo-Kid	I-Device
also	O
borrows	O
elements	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
run	O
n	O
gun	O
"	O
genre	O
,	O
starting	O
with	O
a	O
main	O
character	O
who	O
can	O
only	O
walk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
helping	O
character	O
"	O
Mini	O
Doragon	O
"	O
(	O
name	O
credited	O
in	O
Atomic	B-Device
Robo-Kid	I-Device
'	O
s	O
ending	O
credits	O
)	O
appears	O
in	O
both	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
detail	O
in	O
Mutant	B-Application
Night	I-Application
was	O
the	O
animated	O
remaining	O
life	O
icons	O
,	O
a	O
miniature	O
version	O
of	O
Mutron-kun	O
is	O
animated	O
when	O
a	O
life	O
is	O
lost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
idea	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
Atomic	B-Device
Robo-Kid	I-Device
.	O
</s>
