<s>
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
party	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Konami	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Japanese	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Network	I-Device
on	O
November	O
28	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
in	O
which	O
four	O
players	O
battle	O
each	O
other	O
using	O
various	O
props	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
rocks	O
,	O
logs	O
and	O
blocks	O
of	O
ice	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
six	O
environments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Up	O
to	O
four	O
players	O
can	O
participate	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
(	O
provided	O
the	O
players	O
have	O
a	O
multitap	B-Device
peripheral	O
which	O
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
Cup	O
is	O
the	O
single-player	O
mode	O
in	O
which	O
three	O
computer-controlled	O
competitors	O
try	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
each	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
received	O
above-average	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generations	O
early	O
review	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
multiplayer	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
hands	O
down	O
"	O
,	O
elaborating	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
There	O
is	O
n't	O
too	O
much	O
strategy	O
,	O
per	O
se	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
long	O
,	O
impressive	O
list	O
of	O
special	O
powers	O
each	O
competitor	O
can	O
choose	O
from	O
before	O
the	O
match	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
special	O
items	O
to	O
grab	O
for	O
during	O
a	O
match	O
(	O
or	O
avoid	O
,	O
since	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
dangerous	O
doodads	O
mixed	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
good	O
ones	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
amount	O
of	O
entropy	O
generated	O
is	O
enough	O
to	O
please	O
even	O
the	O
most	O
die-hard	O
of	O
chaos	O
theorists.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Art	O
Angel	O
of	O
GamePros	O
early	O
review	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
Bomberman-esque	O
arcade/strategy	O
game	O
that	O
rocks	O
the	O
house	O
with	O
great	O
graphics	O
,	O
fun	O
multiplayer	O
action	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
unusual	O
array	O
of	O
characters.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
Fielder	O
,	O
who	O
reviewed	O
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
for	O
GameSpot	O
several	O
months	O
after	O
it	O
had	O
been	O
covered	O
by	O
other	O
gaming	O
publications	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
dissenting	O
voice	O
against	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
he	O
remarked	O
that	O
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
has	O
much	O
more	O
strategy	O
and	O
depth	O
than	O
similar	O
games	O
,	O
he	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
simply	O
lacked	O
the	O
addictive	O
quality	O
needed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
PlayStation	B-Device
which	O
featured	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Poy	B-Application
Poy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
