<s>
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1988	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cinemaware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
moniker	O
stems	O
from	O
the	O
Rocket	O
Pack	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
many	O
Cinemaware	O
games	O
,	O
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
draws	O
its	O
inspiration	O
from	O
Hollywood	O
,	O
and	O
likely	O
The	B-Device
Rocketeer	I-Device
comics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
achieve	O
final	O
victory	O
,	O
the	O
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
must	O
battle	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
aliens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
choose	O
destinations	O
by	O
selecting	O
them	O
through	O
a	O
world	O
map	O
and	O
by	O
utilizing	O
the	O
code	O
wheel	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
element	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
actually	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
tables	O
eventually	O
made	O
their	O
way	O
to	O
bulletin	B-Application
board	I-Application
systems	I-Application
and	O
(	O
later	O
)	O
the	O
Internet	O
and	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
tool	O
for	O
pirated	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
most	O
Cinemaware	O
titles	O
,	O
this	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
capable	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
other	O
platforms	O
this	O
title	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
includes	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1989	O
,	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
port	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
vastly	O
superior	O
musical	O
soundtrack	O
score	O
(	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
music	O
synthesis	O
quality	O
)	O
composed	O
by	O
Bob	O
Lindstrom	O
,	O
with	O
graphics	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
different	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
exists	O
with	O
invading	O
extraterrestrial	O
aliens	O
as	O
antagonists	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
German	O
Nazis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
was	O
also	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
NES	B-Language
port	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
strict	O
content	O
restrictions	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Between	O
1991	O
and	O
1992	O
,	O
Malibu	O
Comics	O
published	O
a	O
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
comic	O
series	O
closely	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
computer	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Only	O
five	O
issues	O
were	O
produced	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
cliffhanger	B-Application
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
fifth	O
volume	O
suggests	O
the	O
planned	O
release	O
of	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
sixth	O
issue	O
containing	O
the	O
climactic	O
end	O
battles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
praised	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
's	O
EGA	B-Device
and	O
Tandy	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
Orson	O
Scott	O
Card	O
in	O
the	O
magazine	O
favorably	O
cited	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
perspectives	O
,	O
interactive	O
arcade	O
sequences	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
delightful	O
hokum	O
"	O
like	O
the	O
code	O
wheel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Rocket	B-Application
Ranger	I-Application
the	O
45th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
listed	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
copy-protection	B-Application
penalty	O
as	O
#4	O
on	O
its	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
the	O
15	O
best	O
ways	O
to	O
die	O
in	O
computer	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
