<s>
Samurai	B-Application
Warrior	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Battles	I-Application
of	I-Application
Usagi	I-Application
Yojimbo	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
platforms	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
by	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
label	O
Firebird	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
comic	O
book	O
Usagi	O
Yojimbo	O
,	O
which	O
featured	O
the	O
adventures	O
of	O
an	O
anthropomorphic	O
samurai	B-Application
rabbit	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
contained	O
on	O
Disk	O
1	O
,	O
Side	O
1	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
games	O
Great	B-Application
Escape	I-Application
,	O
Paradroid	B-Application
,	O
and	O
(	O
on	O
Side	O
2	O
)	O
Implosion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
sideways-scrolling	O
adventure	O
,	O
where	O
Miyamoto	O
Usagi	O
has	O
to	O
defeat	O
opponents	O
in	O
sword	O
fights	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
have	O
encounters	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
(	O
also	O
anthropomorphic	O
animals	O
)	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
priests	O
,	O
who	O
usually	O
carry	O
a	O
cane	O
and	O
utter	O
Zen	B-Application
Buddhist	O
kōans	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
see	O
the	O
Buddha	O
on	O
the	O
path	O
,	O
kill	O
him	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Usagi	O
is	O
often	O
attacked	O
by	O
bandits	O
and	O
enemy	O
ninja	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
scoring	O
system	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
karma	B-Application
;	O
doing	O
good	O
deeds	O
raises	O
Usagi	O
's	O
karma	B-Application
,	O
and	O
doing	O
bad	O
deeds	O
reduces	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
Usagi	O
's	O
karma	B-Application
drops	O
to	O
zero	O
,	O
he	O
will	O
perform	O
seppuku	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
design	O
documents	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
characters	O
and	O
situations	O
are	O
detailed	O
such	O
as	O
mole	O
ninjas	B-Application
surfacing	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
soil	O
,	O
a	O
side	O
quest	O
rescuing	O
an	O
innocent	O
villager	O
being	O
dragged	O
by	O
a	O
stampeding	O
horse	O
and	O
numerous	O
activities	O
such	O
as	O
gambling	O
and	O
dialogue	O
sequences	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
the	O
karma	B-Application
system	O
was	O
downscaled	O
into	O
a	O
simplistic	O
numeric	O
system	O
which	O
acted	O
as	O
an	O
onscreen	O
counter	O
that	O
led	O
Usagi	O
to	O
commit	O
suicide	O
if	O
it	O
fell	O
under	O
0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
design	O
documents	O
,	O
karma	B-Application
was	O
envisioned	O
as	O
a	O
more	O
fulfilled	O
reputation	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
would	O
affect	O
the	O
NPCs	O
 '	O
views	O
and	O
actions	O
towards	O
Usagi	O
.	O
</s>
