<s>
Koryo	O
Tours	O
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
or	O
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2012	O
racing	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Nosotek	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Koryo	O
Tours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
as	O
an	O
advergame	B-Application
for	O
Koryo	O
Tours	O
,	O
a	O
travel	O
agency	O
organising	O
tours	O
to	O
North	O
Korea	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
company	O
Nosotek	O
in	O
collaboration	O
with	O
students	O
from	O
the	O
Kim	O
Chaek	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
one	O
of	O
North	O
Korea	O
's	O
few	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
released	O
by	O
Koryo	O
Tours	O
through	O
its	O
website	O
in	O
December	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
Pyongyang	O
,	O
the	O
capital	O
of	O
North	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
a	O
Hwiparam	O
II-model	O
car	O
(	O
of	O
North	O
Korean	O
manufacturer	O
Pyeonghwa	O
Motors	O
)	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
WASD	O
keys	O
to	O
accelerate	O
,	O
reverse	O
and	O
steer	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
space	B-Device
bar	I-Device
to	O
sound	O
the	O
horn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koryo	O
Tours	O
maintained	O
a	O
leaderboard	O
of	O
players	O
 '	O
times	O
and	O
updated	O
it	O
when	O
a	O
player	O
sent	O
in	O
a	O
screenshot	B-Application
of	O
their	O
results	O
via	O
email	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
few	O
games	O
developed	O
in	O
North	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Nosotek	O
,	O
a	O
German	O
–	O
North	O
Korean	O
information	B-General_Concept
technology	I-General_Concept
company	O
founded	O
in	O
2007	O
and	O
based	O
in	O
Pyongyang	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
major	O
operations	O
was	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
and	O
Adobe	O
Flash-based	O
games	O
on	O
an	O
outsourcing	B-Architecture
basis	O
,	O
several	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
Berlin	O
company	O
Exozet	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
commissioned	O
as	O
an	O
advergame	B-Application
by	O
and	O
for	O
Koryo	O
Tours	O
,	O
a	O
British-run	O
,	O
Beijing-based	O
travel	O
agency	O
that	O
primarily	O
organises	O
tours	O
to	O
North	O
Korea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
support	O
from	O
the	O
government	O
of	O
North	O
Korea	O
,	O
the	O
developer	O
worked	O
with	O
students	O
from	O
the	O
Kim	O
Chaek	O
University	O
of	O
Technology	O
to	O
create	O
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
in	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Koryo	O
Tours	O
released	O
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
via	O
its	O
website	O
on	O
19	O
December	O
2012	O
at	O
no	O
cost	O
and	O
accessible	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pyongyang	B-Application
Racer	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
negative	O
reviews	O
:	O
C	O
.	O
Custer	O
of	O
Tech	O
in	O
Asia	O
criticised	O
the	O
"	O
pretty	O
awful	O
"	O
graphics	O
as	O
being	O
"	O
full	O
of	O
glitches	B-Error_Name
and	O
artefacts	B-Algorithm
"	O
,	O
also	O
noting	O
a	O
repetitive	O
scenery	O
and	O
low	O
frame	O
rate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vices	O
Nadja	O
Sayej	O
similarly	O
lamented	O
over	O
the	O
sparsely	O
populated	O
landscape	O
,	O
which	O
she	O
stated	O
had	O
"	O
the	O
visual	O
dazzle	O
of	O
Saskatchewan	O
or	O
rural	O
Ontario	B-Architecture
"	O
.	O
</s>
