<s>
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
is	O
a	O
ninja-themed	O
side-scrolling	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1987	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
by	O
the	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
Silver	O
Range	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Tron	O
Software	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
sequel	O
to	O
their	O
earlier	O
multi-computing-platform	O
effort	O
,	O
Ninja	B-Application
Master	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
centers	O
on	O
the	O
ninja	O
protagonist	O
,	O
who	O
after	O
achieving	O
victory	O
in	O
the	O
previous	O
game	O
Ninja	B-Application
Master	I-Application
travels	O
on	O
the	O
road	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
palace	O
of	O
Zerwin	O
the	O
Wizard	O
,	O
who	O
the	O
protagonist	O
must	O
eventually	O
defeat	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
win	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Supreme	O
Oriental	O
Combat	O
Master	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Michel	O
Nass	O
and	O
Tommy	O
Gardh	O
of	O
Tron	O
Software	O
,	O
a	O
Swedish	O
video	O
game	O
development	O
company	O
,	O
began	O
working	O
on	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
in	O
late	O
1986	O
,	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ninja	B-Application
Master	I-Application
,	O
its	O
predecessor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
was	O
published	O
in	O
July	O
1987	O
by	O
Firebird	O
Software	O
on	O
their	O
Silver	O
Range	O
budget	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
both	O
Sinclair	O
's	O
and	O
Kempston	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
Electronics	I-Device
's	O
joystick	O
as	O
controllers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
keyboard	O
control	O
through	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
's	O
built-in	O
keyboard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
128	O
was	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
does	O
not	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
that	O
system	O
's	O
increased	O
memory	O
and	O
supports	O
the	O
original	O
48-KB	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
,	O
mostly	O
negative	O
,	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stone	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
is	O
so	O
incredibly	O
bad	O
it	O
's	O
almost	O
worth	O
a	O
look	O
...	O
rubbish	O
gameplay	O
,	O
poor	O
graphics	O
and	O
no	O
lasting	O
appeal.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
terribly	O
hard	O
gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
real	O
shame	O
,	O
because	O
otherwise	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
would	O
be	O
very	O
addictive	O
as	O
kick-	O
'	O
em-ups	O
go.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Portuguese	O
newspaper	O
A	O
Capital	O
called	O
Oriental	B-Application
Hero	I-Application
a	O
game	O
to	O
avoid	O
and	O
a	O
black	O
mark	O
on	O
the	O
generally	O
well-regarded	O
catalog	O
of	O
Firebird	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
whole	O
"add[ing]	O
nothing	O
to	O
what	O
is	O
already	O
known	O
"	O
and	O
appearing	O
glitchy	O
,	O
especially	O
in	O
the	O
"	O
bad	O
animation	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
sprites	O
.	O
</s>
