<s>
Oil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Well	I-Application
(	O
a	O
pun	B-Application
on	O
"	O
all	O
's	O
well	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
by	O
Thomas	O
J	O
.	O
Mitchell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Well	I-Application
is	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
1982	O
arcade	O
game	O
Anteater	B-Application
,	O
re-themed	O
to	O
be	O
about	O
drilling	O
for	O
oil	O
instead	O
of	O
a	O
hungry	O
insectivore	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1983	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
in	O
1984	O
for	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
and	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
in	O
1985	O
for	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
the	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
with	O
improved	O
visuals	O
and	O
without	O
Mitchell	O
's	O
involvement	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
in	O
1990	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
collects	O
oil	O
for	O
a	O
drilling	O
operation	O
by	O
moving	O
the	O
drill	O
head	O
through	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
using	O
four	O
directional	O
control	O
buttons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subterranean	O
creatures	O
populate	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
;	O
the	O
head	O
can	O
destroy	O
the	O
creatures	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
pipeline	O
is	O
vulnerable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
traverses	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
the	O
pipe	O
grows	O
longer	O
,	O
but	O
pressing	O
a	O
button	O
quickly	O
retracts	O
the	O
head	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
U.S.	O
gaming	O
magazine	O
Computer	O
Games	O
awarded	O
Oil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Well	I-Application
the	O
1984	O
Golden	O
Floppy	O
Award	O
for	O
Excellence	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
Maze	B-Application
Game	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Year.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
already	O
being	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Anteater	B-Application
,	O
several	O
additional	O
clones	O
borrowed	O
the	O
theme	O
of	O
Oil	B-Application
's	I-Application
Well	I-Application
:	O
Pipeline	O
Run	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
Oilmania	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
