<s>
Rear	B-Application
Guard	I-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1981	O
by	O
Adventure	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
and	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
H	O
.	O
Ahl	O
of	O
Creative	O
Computing	O
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
said	O
in	O
1983	O
that	O
"	O
to	O
maintain	O
your	O
sanity	O
,	O
a	O
joystick	O
is	O
necessary	O
"	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	O
version	O
of	O
Rear	B-Application
Guard	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
fast-moving	O
colorful	O
game	O
that	O
brings	O
Defender	B-Application
home	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1983	O
Rear	B-Application
Guard	I-Application
won	O
Softlines	O
Dog	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
"	O
for	O
badness	O
in	O
computer	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
Atari	O
division	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
reader	O
submissions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
reported	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
Apple	O
version	O
was	O
"	O
just	O
fine	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
According	O
to	O
the	O
ballots	O
,	O
Rear	B-Application
Guard	I-Application
[	O
for	O
the	O
Atari ]	O
was	O
bad	O
beyond	O
belief	O
.	O
</s>
