<s>
Nomad	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Intense	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
GameTek	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomad	B-Application
combines	O
elements	O
of	O
alien	O
diplomacy	O
,	O
trading	O
,	O
exploration	O
,	O
and	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Starflight	B-Application
and	O
Elite	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Nomad	B-Application
changed	O
between	O
its	O
early	O
design	O
and	O
its	O
ultimate	O
commercial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
connection	O
with	O
Disneyland	O
was	O
abandoned	O
for	O
the	O
commercial	O
release	O
of	O
Nomad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomad	B-Application
operates	O
only	O
in	O
Mode	O
13h	O
(	O
320x200	O
256-color	O
VGA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
data	O
are	O
LZSS	B-Algorithm
compressed	O
and	O
packed	O
into	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
archive	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sound	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
through	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
and	O
Disney	O
Sound	O
Source	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
no	O
synthesized	O
music	O
;	O
the	O
only	O
audio	O
produced	O
by	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
stored	O
as	O
4-bit	O
DPCM	B-General_Concept
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nomad	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1993	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
patched	O
bugfix	O
release	O
(	O
v1.01	O
)	O
appearing	O
in	O
February	O
of	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
available	O
only	O
on	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
floppy	I-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
release	O
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
it	O
included	O
a	O
short	O
pre-rendered	O
cinematic	O
introduction	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
content	O
was	O
unchanged	O
from	O
the	O
3.5	B-Device
"	I-Device
disk	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
that	O
Nomad	B-Application
"	O
is	O
well	O
balanced	O
between	O
allowing	O
freedom	O
of	O
choice	O
and	O
imparting	O
a	O
feeling	O
of	O
progression	O
toward	O
the	O
conclusion	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
approved	O
of	O
its	O
interface	O
and	O
multiple	O
ways	O
of	O
solving	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewer	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
came	O
dangerously	O
close	O
to	O
"	O
imitating	O
Starflight	B-Application
instead	O
of	O
being	O
an	O
homage	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
comes	O
up	O
short	O
"	O
compared	O
to	O
Wing	B-Application
Commander	I-Application
:	I-Application
Privateer	I-Application
and	O
Elite	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	O
"	O
It	O
simply	O
is	O
n't	O
as	O
large	O
,	O
does	O
n't	O
pay	O
off	O
in	O
as	O
many	O
hours	O
of	O
play	O
,	O
and	O
does	O
n't	O
have	O
the	O
same	O
detailed	O
atmosphere	O
and	O
scope	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
recommended	O
Nomad	B-Application
to	O
casual	O
gamers	O
"	O
who	O
actually	O
work	O
for	O
a	O
living	O
and	O
game	O
'	O
on	O
the	O
side	O
 '	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
