<s>
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side	O
scrolling	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
by	O
GAU	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
piloting	O
a	O
powered	O
exoskeleton	O
who	O
leads	O
the	O
fight	O
back	O
for	O
his	O
home	O
planet	O
against	O
the	O
invading	O
Rahuna	O
forces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
equipped	O
with	O
a	O
jet	O
pack	O
and	O
an	O
assortment	O
of	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
's	O
standard	O
pulse	O
rifle	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
access	O
to	O
various	O
special	O
weapons	O
including	O
a	O
flamethrower	O
and	O
homing	O
attacks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
pulse	O
rifle	O
,	O
the	O
special	O
weapons	O
drain	O
a	O
power	O
bar	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
only	O
be	O
recharged	O
when	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
in	O
a	O
bright	O
light	O
source	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
certain	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
also	O
control	O
a	O
supporting	O
vehicle	O
–	O
an	O
Ex-Up	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Indra	O
–	O
a	O
futuristic	O
motorcycle	O
,	O
a	O
premise	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
RoboCop	B-Application
on	O
a	O
Harley	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Indra	O
can	O
move	O
and	O
fire	O
independently	O
of	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
,	O
although	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
can	O
enter	O
it	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
its	O
separate	O
shielding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
split	O
across	O
several	O
levels	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
introduced	O
via	O
a	O
wire	B-Algorithm
frame	I-Algorithm
3D	O
cutscene	O
detailing	O
a	O
specific	O
target	O
objective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
first	O
project	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
by	O
GAU	O
Entertainment	O
(	O
now	O
Nex	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
Japanese	O
video	O
game	O
developer	O
founded	O
by	O
former	O
Wolf	O
Team	O
staff	O
,	O
with	O
both	O
Toshio	O
Toyota	O
and	O
Toshio	O
Yamamoto	O
serving	O
as	O
designers	O
,	O
with	O
artist	O
Ree	O
Senfhu	O
co-creating	O
the	O
pixel	O
art	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
of	O
Yoshinobu	O
Hiraiwa	O
acting	O
as	O
composer	O
and	O
Noriyuki	O
Iwadare	O
creating	O
the	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yamamoto	O
claimed	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
created	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
intuition	O
without	O
copying	O
other	O
titles	O
,	O
not	O
wanting	O
to	O
be	O
bounded	O
with	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
imitate	O
others	O
,	O
as	O
their	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Megadrive	I-Operating_System
game	O
of	O
high-quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toyota	O
had	O
thought	O
about	O
creating	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
robot	O
action	O
game	O
on	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
for	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
not	O
using	O
any	O
example	O
as	O
he	O
dislikes	O
imitating	O
others	O
while	O
also	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
started	O
with	O
a	O
question	O
regarding	O
what	O
makes	O
a	O
game	O
fun	O
,	O
with	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
being	O
the	O
final	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toyota	O
stated	O
GAU	O
created	O
custom	O
software	O
tools	O
that	O
allowed	O
the	O
team	O
with	O
pushing	O
the	O
hardware	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
to	O
its	O
limits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Toyota	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
working	O
with	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Megadrive	I-Operating_System
was	O
easy	O
to	O
develop	O
for	O
despite	O
various	O
issues	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
increasing	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
colors	O
on-display	O
was	O
easy	O
through	O
hardware	O
tricks	O
while	O
remarking	O
that	O
the	O
Megadrive	B-Operating_System
's	O
problem	O
with	O
colors	O
"	O
is	O
n’t	O
so	O
much	O
a	O
numerical/quantitative	O
problem	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
a	O
question	O
of	O
subtlety	O
on	O
the	O
designer	O
’s	O
part.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-shooter	O
game	O
,	O
Hiraiwa	O
wanted	O
exciting	O
and	O
lively	O
sounds	O
as	O
a	O
basis	O
but	O
he	O
went	O
towards	O
a	O
darker	O
tone	O
for	O
compositions	O
,	O
leaning	O
towards	O
surrealism	O
and	O
energetic	O
,	O
which	O
matched	O
his	O
personal	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
first	O
published	O
by	O
Sega	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
May	O
28	O
,	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
then	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
August	O
1993	B-Application
and	O
later	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
October	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
impressed	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
reviews	O
claiming	O
that	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
had	O
broken	O
through	O
the	O
Mega	B-Operating_System
Drive	I-Operating_System
hardware	O
's	O
color	O
limitations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EGM	O
felt	O
that	O
Ranger	B-Application
X	I-Application
featured	O
"	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
graphics	O
ever	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
[	O
Mega	O
Drive ]	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
