<s>
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2001	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
franchise	O
's	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
tie-in	O
to	O
the	O
2001	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
film	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
plot	O
is	O
inspired	O
by	O
Pierre	O
Boulle	O
's	O
1963	O
novel	O
and	O
the	O
1968	O
film	O
adaptation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
Interactive	O
contracted	O
Visiware	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Windows	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
partnered	O
with	O
Ubi	O
Soft	O
as	O
co-publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Torus	O
Games	O
developed	O
a	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
versions	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1968	O
film	O
and	O
its	O
1970	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
finally	O
debuted	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
it	O
met	O
with	O
largely	O
negative	O
reviews	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
PC	O
along	O
with	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
on	O
the	O
Game	O
Boy	O
versions	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
chief	O
criticism	O
being	O
its	O
weak	O
controls	O
and	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
played	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
greenlit	O
the	O
most	O
recent	O
of	O
several	O
attempts	O
at	O
a	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
film	O
remake	O
,	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
by	O
James	O
Cameron	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
ever	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
video	O
game	O
;	O
Fox	O
had	O
attempted	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
abandoned	O
it	O
amid	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
crash	O
of	O
1983	O
(	O
new	O
designers	O
completed	O
and	O
released	O
this	O
game	O
as	O
Revenge	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
in	O
2003	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
Interactive	O
contracted	O
French	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
Visiware	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
film	O
in	O
limbo	O
,	O
the	O
creators	O
developed	O
a	O
new	O
story	O
inspired	O
by	O
Pierre	O
Boulle	O
's	O
original	O
novel	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
and	O
the	O
1968	O
film	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
developed	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
PC	O
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
,	O
though	O
they	O
scrapped	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
when	O
Sega	O
discontinued	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
film	O
project	O
subsequently	O
went	O
forward	O
under	O
director	O
Tim	O
Burton	O
;	O
the	O
film	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
in	O
2001	O
,	O
had	O
a	O
substantially	O
different	O
premise	O
and	O
story	O
than	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
6	O
,	O
2001	O
,	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
announced	O
a	O
new	O
co-publishing	O
partnership	O
for	O
all	O
its	O
titles	O
with	O
Ubisoft	O
,	O
enabling	O
them	O
to	O
finally	O
release	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
appeared	O
in	O
stores	O
on	O
September	O
20	O
,	O
2001	O
;	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
finally	O
released	O
on	O
August	O
22	O
,	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
Ubisoft	O
planned	O
a	O
version	O
for	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	O
Boy	O
version	O
is	O
considerably	O
different	O
from	O
Visiware	O
's	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
game	O
;	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
side-scroller	O
and	O
follows	O
the	O
plot	O
of	O
the	O
1968	O
film	O
and	O
its	O
1970	O
sequel	O
,	O
Beneath	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
human	O
Ben	O
(	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
Brent	O
in	O
Beneath	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
)	O
as	O
he	O
searches	O
for	O
the	O
films	O
 '	O
hero	O
,	O
Taylor	O
,	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
ten	O
levels	O
,	O
fighting	O
ape	O
warriors	O
and	O
other	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
its	O
long	O
delayed	O
development	O
,	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
generated	O
bad	O
pre-release	O
press	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
gameplay	O
was	O
poorly	O
received	O
at	O
its	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
previews	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
commentors	O
comparing	O
it	O
unfavorably	O
to	O
similar	O
older	O
games	O
like	O
Doom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
versions	O
received	O
negative	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
at	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
website	O
Metacritic	O
calculated	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
41/100	O
based	O
on	O
eleven	O
critics	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
generally	O
unfavorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
comparison	O
,	O
GameRankings	O
calculated	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
48.79	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
fourteen	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
60.00	O
%	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
one	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Erik	O
Wolpaw	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
called	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
an	O
"	O
ugly	O
,	O
boring	O
Tomb	B-Application
Raider	I-Application
clone	O
"	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
environments	O
,	O
combat	O
mechanics	O
,	O
and	O
puzzles	O
weak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ivan	O
Sulic	O
of	O
IGN	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
not	O
that	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
is	O
truly	O
bad	O
across	O
the	O
boards	O
--	O
just	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
truly	O
mediocre	O
,	O
"	O
finding	O
the	O
controls	O
and	O
gameplay	O
middling	O
and	O
the	O
graphics	O
out	O
of	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
at	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
version	O
,	O
Metacritic	O
calculated	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
54/100	O
based	O
on	O
six	O
reviews	O
,	O
indicating	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRankings	O
calculated	O
a	O
59.44	O
%	O
average	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
version	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
nine	O
reviews	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
40.00	O
%	O
average	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
one	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
