<s>
Puggsy	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
puzzle-platform	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Traveller	O
's	O
Tales	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Psygnosis	O
on	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
and	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
consoles	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Puggsy	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
character	O
,	O
an	O
orange	O
space	O
hopper	O
–	O
like	O
alien	O
who	O
landed	O
his	O
spaceship	O
on	O
The	O
Planet	O
,	O
intending	O
to	O
return	O
home	O
until	O
his	O
spaceship	O
was	O
stolen	O
by	O
the	O
raccoon	O
natives	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
is	O
mostly	O
a	O
cross	O
between	O
a	O
normal	O
platform	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
usual	O
style	O
of	O
platformer	O
enemies	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
means	O
to	O
kill	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
puzzle	O
game	O
of	O
sorts	O
where	O
Puggsy	B-Application
is	O
often	O
required	O
to	O
find	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
either	O
carry	O
them	O
to	O
a	O
specific	O
location	O
or	O
somehow	O
use	O
them	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
complete	O
levels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
objects	O
that	O
have	O
power-up	O
effects	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
allowing	O
Puggsy	B-Application
to	O
be	O
hit	O
once	O
or	O
twice	O
without	O
dying	O
,	O
speeding	O
him	O
up	O
or	O
making	O
him	O
temporarily	O
invincible	O
,	O
and	O
objects	O
that	O
while	O
not	O
necessary	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
temporarily	O
helpful	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
guns	O
(	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
limited	O
ammunition	O
which	O
can	O
often	O
not	O
be	O
refilled	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
effect	O
of	O
this	O
is	O
that	O
Puggsy	B-Application
can	O
carry	O
stacks	O
of	O
objects	O
along	O
a	O
flat	O
surface	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
slope	O
will	O
often	O
cause	O
all	O
items	O
except	O
the	O
bottom	O
one	O
(	O
held	O
by	O
Puggsy	B-Application
)	O
to	O
topple	O
and	O
scatter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
57	O
levels	O
in	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
settings	O
(	O
16	O
of	O
those	O
levels	O
being	O
secret	O
)	O
and	O
6	O
boss	O
characters	O
(	O
9	O
boss	O
characters	O
in	O
the	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
version	O
)	O
,	O
although	O
not	O
all	O
levels	O
and	O
bosses	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
finished	O
to	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
5	O
training	O
levels	O
,	O
accessed	O
from	O
the	O
"	O
Junior	O
"	O
option	O
on	O
the	O
title	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Puggsy	B-Application
character	O
originally	O
appeared	O
in	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
demo	O
in	O
1990	O
named	O
Puggs	O
in	O
Space	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Dionysus	O
—	O
a	O
demogroup	O
formed	O
by	O
Lee	O
Carus	O
,	O
Alan	O
McCarthy	O
and	O
Tim	O
Wright	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
management	O
of	O
Psygnosis	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
the	O
demo	O
,	O
and	O
asked	O
Dionysus	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
around	O
Puggsy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Puggsy	B-Application
was	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
by	O
Jon	O
Burton	O
,	O
while	O
Andy	O
Ingram	O
handled	O
the	O
graphic	O
design	O
and	O
artwork	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
character	O
design	O
for	O
Puggsy	B-Application
was	O
retained	O
from	O
the	O
demo	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
changed	O
his	O
colour	O
from	O
red	O
to	O
orange	O
to	O
prevent	O
the	O
consoles	O
from	O
colour	O
bleeding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wright	O
recalled	O
that	O
Dionysus	O
's	O
version	O
was	O
going	O
to	O
be	O
similar	O
to	O
LittleBigPlanet	B-Application
,	O
while	O
Traveller	O
's	O
Tales	O
 '	O
version	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
a	O
standard	O
platformer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
object	O
physics	O
in	O
Puggsy	B-Application
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
Burton	O
had	O
enjoyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Puggsy	B-Application
was	O
deemed	O
too	O
complicated	O
for	O
novice	O
players	O
,	O
the	O
training	O
levels	O
were	O
added	O
late	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
publisher	O
's	O
input	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wright	O
created	O
cover	O
versions	O
of	O
Furniss	O
 '	O
tunes	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
and	O
added	O
a	O
Puggsy	B-Application
demo	O
theme	O
into	O
a	O
tail	O
end	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
pieces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wright	O
found	O
Furniss	O
 '	O
music	O
"	O
really	O
well	O
written	O
and	O
fun	O
to	O
convert	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
so	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
bad	O
bones.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
promised	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
as	O
Puggsy	B-Application
II	O
,	O
was	O
teased	O
at	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
ending	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
never	O
materialised	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
was	O
almost	O
completed	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
with	O
developers	O
hoping	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
SNES	B-Application
version	O
and	O
release	O
it	O
in	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
cartridge	B-Device
copiers	I-Device
were	O
defaulted	O
to	O
simulate	O
a	O
battery-backed	B-General_Concept
SRAM	I-General_Concept
for	O
storing	O
save	O
data	O
,	O
Puggsy	B-Application
uses	O
an	O
SRAM	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
an	O
anti-piracy	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
performs	O
an	O
SRAM	O
check	O
after	O
its	O
fifth	O
level	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
an	O
SRAM	O
is	O
found	O
,	O
it	O
displays	O
a	O
warning	O
message	O
telling	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
stop	O
playing	O
a	O
"	O
silly	O
copy	O
"	O
of	O
Puggsy	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Mega-CD	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
praised	O
the	O
controls	O
,	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
the	O
strong	O
challenge	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
attention	O
to	O
detail	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
"	O
Though	O
veteran	O
gamers	O
will	O
quickly	O
tire	O
of	O
Puggsy	B-Application
,	O
younger	O
players	O
will	O
enjoy	O
his	O
island	O
antics.	O
"	O
</s>
