<s>
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
,	O
later	O
released	O
as	O
Revenge	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
1983	O
by	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planned	O
as	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
franchise	O
's	O
first	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
in	O
the	O
prototype	B-Application
phase	O
when	O
Fox	O
shuttered	O
its	O
game	O
division	O
during	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
crash	O
of	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
went	O
unreleased	O
and	O
was	O
assumed	O
lost	O
until	O
2002	O
,	O
when	O
collectors	O
identified	O
a	O
mislabeled	O
cartridge	O
as	O
the	O
missing	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
completed	O
and	O
released	O
as	O
Revenge	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
by	O
Retrodesign	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Taylor	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
1968	O
film	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
,	O
through	O
several	O
environments	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
film	O
:	O
a	O
forest	O
,	O
a	O
river	O
,	O
the	O
ape	O
village	O
,	O
a	O
desert	O
,	O
and	O
caverns	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
commenced	O
work	O
on	O
what	O
it	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
ever	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
video	O
game	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
;	O
John	O
Marvin	O
served	O
as	O
programmer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Marvin	O
completed	O
enough	O
of	O
the	O
work	O
to	O
bring	O
the	O
prototype	B-Application
game	I-Application
through	O
initial	O
playtesting	O
,	O
but	O
he	O
left	O
Fox	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
job	O
at	O
Epyx	O
before	O
finishing	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
remained	O
unfinished	O
when	O
Fox	O
closed	O
its	O
video	O
game	O
division	O
three	O
months	O
later	O
amid	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
crash	O
of	O
1983	O
,	O
and	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
never	O
saw	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
thought	O
to	O
be	O
lost	O
until	O
the	O
1990s	O
when	O
collectors	O
found	O
a	O
copy	O
of	O
the	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
prototype	B-Application
in	O
a	O
case	O
labeled	O
Alligator	O
People	O
,	O
another	O
abandoned	O
Fox	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Collector	O
Matt	O
Reichert	O
's	O
research	O
established	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
actually	O
John	O
Marvin	O
's	O
lost	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
,	O
which	O
had	O
apparently	O
been	O
stored	O
in	O
the	O
wrong	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
independent	O
designers	O
Retrodesign	O
completed	O
and	O
published	O
the	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Revenge	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
game	O
writer	O
Brett	O
Weiss	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
fairly	O
generic	O
,	O
but	O
of	O
interest	O
to	O
Planet	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Apes	I-Application
fans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earl	O
Green	O
of	O
Allgame	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
gameplay	O
is	O
a	O
bit	O
less	O
than	O
thrilling	O
,	O
but	O
graphics	O
are	O
adequate	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
additional	O
features	O
would	O
likely	O
have	O
been	O
added	O
had	O
production	O
continued	O
on	O
the	O
prototype	B-Application
.	O
</s>
