<s>
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
was	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
console	O
emulator	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
notable	O
for	O
being	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
attempts	O
at	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
emulation	O
(	O
predating	O
UltraHLE	B-Device
by	O
nearly	O
a	O
year	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
emulator	O
to	O
successfully	O
boot	O
a	O
commercial	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
on	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
started	O
in	O
late	O
1997	O
,	O
just	O
over	O
a	O
year	O
after	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
earliest	O
days	O
,	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
had	O
few	O
contemporaries	O
;	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
emulators	O
for	O
current-generation	O
consoles	O
were	O
often	O
hoaxes	O
or	O
"	O
shells	O
"	O
with	O
extremely	O
limited	O
emulation	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
early	O
1998	O
,	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
could	O
emulate	O
homebrew	B-Application
games	O
to	O
some	O
extent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
emulator	O
's	O
initial	O
release	O
saw	O
its	O
ability	O
to	O
boot	O
commercial	O
games	O
,	O
a	O
first	O
for	O
any	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
emulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1998	O
,	O
lead	O
programmer	O
Michael	O
Tedder	O
announced	O
that	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
would	O
be	O
"	O
put	O
on	O
the	O
back	O
burner	O
for	O
now	O
"	O
,	O
though	O
no	O
future	O
updates	O
were	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slashdot	O
later	O
reported	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
's	O
developers	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
a	O
game	O
studio	O
,	O
leaving	O
the	O
emulator	O
's	O
development	O
in	O
limbo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
news	O
coincided	O
with	O
Tedder	O
's	O
hiring	O
to	O
Z-Axis	B-Application
,	O
where	O
he	O
continued	O
to	O
work	O
until	O
early	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Tedder	O
repeatedly	O
claimed	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
had	O
n't	O
contacted	O
him	O
regarding	O
Project	B-Language
Unreality	I-Language
,	O
the	O
rumor	O
that	O
Nintendo	O
halted	O
the	O
emulator	O
's	O
development	O
spread	O
throughout	O
the	O
emulation	O
scene	O
;	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
suggested	O
that	O
UltraHLE	B-Device
's	O
development	O
was	O
carried	O
out	O
in	O
secret	O
directly	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
this	O
rumor	O
.	O
</s>
