<s>
Pipeline	B-Device
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
overhead	O
view	O
action	B-Application
role-playing	I-Application
game	I-Application
set	O
on	O
a	O
mining	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
remade	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
Pipeline	B-Device
Plus	O
(	O
2004	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
fast	O
four-way	O
scrolling	O
arcade	O
adventure	O
with	O
a	O
look	O
similar	O
to	O
previous	O
Superior	B-Device
hits	O
Repton	B-Application
and	O
Ravenskull	B-Application
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
higher	O
frame	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pipeline	B-Device
was	O
bundled	O
with	O
graphics	O
and	O
level	O
design	O
programs	O
,	O
allowing	O
players	O
to	O
design	O
their	O
own	O
game	O
scenarios	O
incorporating	O
keys	O
and	O
doors	O
,	O
patrolling	O
guards	O
,	O
explosions	O
,	O
throwable	O
objects	O
,	O
moving	O
walls	O
,	O
puzzles	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Sokoban	B-Device
,	O
pipes	O
,	O
teleports	B-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
simple	O
kinds	O
of	O
puzzle	O
logic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Ian	O
Holmes	O
and	O
William	O
Reeve	O
of	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
England	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
the	O
leading	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
game	O
company	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
of	O
Leeds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
game	O
concept	O
,	O
strongly	O
influenced	O
by	O
the	O
earlier	O
game	O
Ravenskull	B-Application
,	O
was	O
of	O
an	O
action	B-Application
RPG	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
collecting	O
treasure	O
and	O
completing	O
quests	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
progress	O
through	O
medieval	O
guilds	O
in	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
setting	O
:	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
was	O
GuildMaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
change	O
in	O
direction	O
was	O
suggested	O
by	O
Richard	O
Hanson	O
(	O
managing	O
director	O
and	O
co-founder	O
of	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Pipeline	B-Device
arose	O
from	O
the	O
gameplay	O
element	O
of	O
fast	O
transport	O
to	O
distant	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
map	O
through	O
topologically	O
interwoven	O
pipes	O
(	O
novel	O
to	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
see	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
Bros	I-Application
.	I-Application
or	O
Sonic	B-Application
the	I-Application
Hedgehog	I-Application
for	O
well-known	O
examples	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
re-released	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Superior/Blue	O
Ribbon	O
budget	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
expanded	O
version	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
titled	O
Pipeline	B-Device
Plus	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
