<s>
Nürburgring	B-Application
1	I-Application
is	O
an	O
arcade	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Reiner	O
Foerst	O
and	O
released	O
in	B-Application
1976	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
recognized	O
as	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
earliest	O
first-person	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
and	O
inspired	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Night	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unable	O
to	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
cheaply	O
scale	O
down	O
the	O
earliest	O
driving	O
simulators	O
by	O
Volkswagen	O
and	O
BP	O
,	O
he	O
decided	O
to	O
build	O
one	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
technology	O
he	O
found	O
inside	O
a	O
Pong	B-Application
video	O
game	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
Night	B-Application
Driver	I-Application
was	O
inspired	O
when	O
the	O
lead	O
programmer	O
,	O
Dave	O
Shepperd	O
,	O
saw	O
a	O
picture	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
cabinet	O
in	O
a	O
flyer	O
that	O
had	O
a	O
small	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
visible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Atari	O
was	O
much	O
better	O
at	O
miniaturizing	O
the	O
game	O
idea	O
to	O
a	O
single	O
board	O
,	O
they	O
ultimately	O
capitalized	O
on	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
would-be	O
success	O
of	O
Nürburgring	B-Application
1	I-Application
and	O
caused	O
it	O
to	O
become	O
obscure	O
and	O
largely	O
unknown	O
.	O
</s>
