<s>
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
written	O
by	O
William	O
F	O
.	O
Denman	O
,	O
Jr.	O
and	O
Oliver	O
Steele	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Screenplay	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Q*bert	B-Application
clone	O
with	O
several	O
extra	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
the	O
eponymous	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
,	O
a	O
boy	O
on	O
a	O
pogo	O
stick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
complete	O
a	O
level	O
,	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
must	O
jump	O
on	O
every	O
barrel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Holding	O
the	O
joystick	O
button	O
lets	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
jump	O
over	O
a	O
barrel	O
or	O
empty	O
space	O
the	O
width	O
of	O
a	O
barrel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
make	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
's	O
job	O
harder	O
,	O
several	O
enemies	O
inhabit	O
the	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
are	O
fatal	O
to	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
,	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
are	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flashing	O
Black	O
:	O
A	O
teleport	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
falls	O
down	O
into	O
the	O
hole	O
and	O
rises	O
up	O
onto	O
the	O
linked	O
black	O
flashing	O
barrel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
action	B-Application
repeats	O
,	O
going	O
from	O
black	O
topped	O
barrel	O
to	O
black	O
topped	O
barrel	O
until	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
jumps	O
away	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
enemies	O
are	O
not	O
fatal	O
to	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jumping	O
off	O
a	O
barrel	O
makes	O
it	O
disappear	O
,	O
becoming	O
inaccessible	O
for	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
becomes	O
trapped	O
and	O
cannot	O
jump	O
anywhere	O
any	O
more	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
advances	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
receives	O
"	O
Shadow	O
Bonus	O
"	O
points	O
if	O
few	O
enough	O
barrels	O
are	O
left	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
on	O
some	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
barrels	O
initially	O
appear	O
as	O
invisible	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
to	O
guess	O
where	O
the	O
barrels	O
are	O
so	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
can	O
jump	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
Sound	O
like	O
Q*Bert	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
Describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
creative	O
variation	O
"	O
on	O
Q*	O
bert-style	O
games	O
,	O
The	O
Commodore	O
64	O
Home	O
Companion	O
stated	O
that	O
Pogo	B-Application
Joe	I-Application
"	O
has	O
excellent	O
graphics	O
and	O
music	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
