<s>
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
is	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
On-Line	O
Entertainment	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Transylvania	O
Interactive	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
On-Line	O
exclusively	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
CRL	O
Group	O
's	O
1985	O
video	B-Application
game	I-Application
adaptation	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
video	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
and	O
based	O
upon	O
Richard	O
Brien	O
's	O
musical	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
cast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
plot	O
from	O
20th	O
Century	O
Fox	O
's	O
1975	O
musical	O
horror	O
comedy	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
either	O
Brad	O
Majors	O
or	O
Janet	O
Weiss	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
rescue	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
transformed	O
into	O
stone	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Frank-N-Furter	O
'	O
s	O
Medusa	B-Application
Transducer	O
,	O
within	O
a	O
set	O
time	O
limit	O
before	O
the	O
mansion	O
becomes	O
a	O
spaceship	O
and	O
takes	O
off	O
to	O
the	O
planet	O
Transsexual	O
Transylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
over	O
four	O
years	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
developed	O
as	O
a	O
joint	O
production	O
through	O
Transylvania	O
Interactive	O
with	O
On-Line	O
,	O
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
in	O
1995	O
and	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
intended	O
for	O
both	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
and	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
which	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
and	O
Atari	O
Interactive	O
respectively	O
,	O
however	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
commercial	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
platform	O
in	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
the	O
closure	O
of	O
the	O
then-newly	O
formed	O
PC	B-Device
publishing	O
division	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
merging	O
with	O
JT	O
Storage	O
in	O
1996	O
,	O
left	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
unreleased	O
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
shelved	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
On-Line	O
for	O
Windows	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
garnered	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
who	O
gave	O
praise	O
to	O
multiple	O
aspects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
humor	O
,	O
campiness	O
and	O
surreal	O
nature	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
singling	O
out	O
the	O
audio	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
most	O
strong	O
point	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
the	O
clumsy	O
user	O
interface	O
,	O
gameplay	O
,	O
presentation	O
and	O
outdated	O
visuals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
conversion	O
was	O
announced	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
alongside	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
never	O
released	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
previously	O
released	O
1985	O
title	O
by	O
CRL	O
Group	O
and	O
following	O
the	O
plot	O
from	O
the	O
1975	O
film	O
,	O
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
LucasArts	O
 '	O
1987	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
uses	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
to	O
guide	O
characters	O
through	O
a	O
two-dimensional	O
game	O
world	O
,	O
traversing	O
through	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
rooms	O
to	O
solve	O
and	O
complete	O
puzzles	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
rescue	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
playable	O
characters	O
,	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
choice	O
from	O
players	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
either	O
Brad	O
or	O
Janet	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
has	O
been	O
turned	O
into	O
stone	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Frank-N-Furter	O
'	O
s	O
Medusa	B-Application
Transducer	O
machine	O
within	O
a	O
30-minute	O
time	O
limit	O
before	O
the	O
mansion	O
where	O
the	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
transforms	O
into	O
a	O
spaceship	O
and	O
takes	O
off	O
to	O
the	O
planet	O
Transsexual	O
Transylvania	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
initially	O
began	O
and	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
a	O
project	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
peripheral	O
and	O
later	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
in	O
1995	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
a	O
joint-production	O
between	O
On-Line	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
Transylvania	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
remained	O
to	O
be	O
listed	O
across	O
multiple	O
issues	O
of	O
online	O
magazine	O
Atari	O
Explorer	O
Online	O
up	O
until	O
their	O
last	O
issue	O
published	O
in	O
January	O
1996	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
of	O
internal	O
documents	O
from	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
listing	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
December	O
1995	O
and	O
with	O
the	O
then-recently	O
formed	O
Atari	O
Interactive	O
announcing	O
their	O
plans	O
to	O
publish	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
,	O
Atari	O
would	O
ultimately	O
start	O
cancelling	O
upcoming	O
titles	O
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
in	O
February	O
1996	O
and	O
closing	O
their	O
PC	B-Device
publishing	O
division	O
before	O
merging	O
with	O
JT	O
Storage	O
in	O
a	O
reverse	O
takeover	O
on	O
April	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
which	O
left	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
unreleased	O
and	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
version	O
shelved	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
for	O
PC	B-Device
would	O
be	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
during	O
the	O
Christmas	O
season	O
of	O
1998	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
eventually	O
published	O
by	O
On-Line	O
in	O
Europe	O
on	O
March	O
1	O
,	O
1999	O
,	O
and	O
later	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
in	O
November	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
conversion	O
was	O
also	O
announced	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
alongside	O
the	O
Windows	O
version	O
around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
itself	O
also	O
doubles	O
as	O
a	O
music	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
a	O
non-playable	O
demo	O
of	O
Rocky	B-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
Show	I-Application
on	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
defunct	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Sector	O
II	O
website	O
under	O
a	O
CD	O
compilation	O
titled	O
Jaguar	B-Device
Extremist	O
Pack	O
#2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
felt	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
very	O
strange	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
beaten	O
in	O
its	O
strangeness	O
by	O
other	O
On-Line	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Psycho	O
Killer	O
and	O
The	O
Town	O
With	O
No	O
Name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sarah	O
Wilson	O
(	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
vlogger	O
PushingUpRoses	O
)	O
felt	O
the	O
gameplay	O
was	O
"	O
stupid	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
