<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
known	O
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
1990	O
platform	O
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
arcades	O
by	O
Jaleco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
Taito	O
's	O
Bubble	B-Application
Bobble	I-Application
,	O
the	O
rod	O
does	O
n't	O
kill	O
the	O
monsters	O
directly	O
,	O
but	O
only	O
leaves	O
them	O
immobilized	O
,	O
crying	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
sequel	O
(	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
machine	O
)	O
they	O
must	O
venture	O
into	O
a	O
pyramid	O
,	O
to	O
stop	O
an	O
evil	O
demon	O
that	O
is	O
building	O
a	O
mobile	O
fortress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
's	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Storm	O
and	O
began	O
development	O
by	O
Random	O
Access	O
in	O
March	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
September	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
One	O
interviewed	O
Ronald	O
Pieket	O
Weeserik	O
,	O
a	O
programmer	O
for	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
's	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
,	O
for	O
information	O
regarding	O
its	O
development	O
in	O
a	O
pre-release	O
interview	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Weeserik	O
notes	O
that	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
's	O
conversion	O
was	O
'	O
easier	O
 '	O
than	O
other	O
titles	O
,	O
expressing	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
's	O
nice	O
to	O
do	O
a	O
game	O
that	O
the	O
computer	O
is	O
capable	O
of	O
emulating	O
...	O
Everything	O
in	O
the	O
coin-op	O
can	O
be	O
included	O
and	O
the	O
finished	O
game	O
will	O
run	O
at	O
the	O
correct	O
frame	O
rate	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
has	O
"	O
hidden	O
features	O
and	O
bonuses	O
"	O
that	O
are	O
absent	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
revealed	O
by	O
entering	O
certain	O
codes	O
,	O
a	O
feature	O
noted	O
by	O
The	O
One	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
several	O
other	O
Random	O
Access	O
titles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
's	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
also	O
adds	O
additional	O
levels	O
that	O
are	O
absent	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
also	O
corrects	O
several	O
glitches	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
,	O
with	O
Weeserik	O
giving	O
such	O
examples	O
as	O
"	O
enemies	O
getting	O
stuck	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
ladders	O
,	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
slam	O
enemies	O
down	O
on	O
thin	O
air	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
zap	O
things	O
from	O
ladders	O
"	O
and	O
further	O
stating	O
that	O
they	O
wrote	O
the	O
16-bit	O
versions	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
should	O
have	O
been	O
written	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaleco	O
supplied	O
Random	O
Access	O
with	O
the	O
background	O
graphics	O
for	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
stored	O
as	O
16x16	O
pixel	O
squares	O
,	O
although	O
"	O
jumbled	O
up	O
and	O
in	O
the	O
wrong	O
colours	O
"	O
;	O
around	O
five	O
hundred	O
sprites	O
were	O
stored	O
this	O
way	O
,	O
and	O
this	O
was	O
noted	O
as	O
a	O
difficulty	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
this	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
Random	O
Access	O
discovered	O
unused	O
animations	O
for	O
every	O
enemy	O
in	O
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
,	O
which	O
were	O
implemented	O
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
as	O
a	O
visual	O
indication	O
for	O
when	O
monsters	O
are	O
changing	O
from	O
'	O
patrol	O
mode	O
 '	O
to	O
'	O
attack	O
mode	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
's	O
sound	O
effects	O
are	O
synthesised	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
sampled	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
port	O
replicates	O
these	O
,	O
but	O
Weeserik	O
expresses	O
that	O
"	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
less	O
suitable	O
sounds	O
"	O
are	O
replaced	O
by	O
"	O
something	O
a	O
little	O
more	O
palatable	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
was	O
ported	O
to	O
many	O
other	O
systems	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
being	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
version	O
in	O
1990	O
and	O
the	O
last	O
being	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
in	O
1993	O
(	O
this	O
excludes	O
modernized	O
remakes	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
version	O
for	O
Symbian	O
mobiles	O
in	O
2006	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
ST	O
versions	O
were	O
coded	O
by	O
Ronald	O
Pieket	O
Weeserik	O
and	O
John	O
Croudy	O
,	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
version	O
by	O
Steve	O
Snake	O
,	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
version	O
by	O
Jason	O
McGann	O
and	O
Shaun	O
McClure	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
by	O
Simon	O
Pick	O
Jools	O
Watsham	O
and	O
Steve	O
Snake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ranked	O
the	O
16th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
versions	O
differ	O
in	O
some	O
way	O
particularly	O
the	O
NES	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
adds	O
some	O
new	O
platform	O
stages	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
jump	O
but	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
biggest	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
includes	O
a	O
totally	O
different	O
'	O
sequel	O
 '	O
(	O
with	O
new	O
graphics	O
,	O
levels	O
,	O
bosses	O
and	O
storyline	O
)	O
on	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
strike	O
enemies	O
with	O
the	O
wand	O
even	O
while	O
climbing	O
a	O
ladder	O
,	O
making	O
the	O
game	O
slightly	O
easier	O
to	O
play	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2021	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Hamster	O
's	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rod	B-Application
Land	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
1992	O
puzzle	O
spin-off	O
titled	O
Soldam	O
.	O
</s>
