<s>
Sanxion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
Stavros	O
Fasoulas	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1986	O
by	O
Thalamus	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
port	O
followed	O
in	O
1989	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fasoulas	O
also	O
wrote	O
Delta	B-Application
and	O
Quedex	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanxion	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
"	O
adjustable	O
rate	O
autoscroll	O
"	O
is	O
uncommon	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
(	O
Armed	B-Application
Police	I-Application
Unit	I-Application
Gallop	I-Application
is	O
another	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
two	O
main	O
types	O
of	O
levels	O
in	O
Sanxion	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanxion	B-Application
was	O
ported	O
externally	O
to	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
by	O
Softstorm	O
Developments	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
1989	O
with	O
the	O
subtitle	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
Remix	O
in	O
both	O
48k	O
and	O
128k	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
was	O
planned	O
by	O
Thalamus	O
Interactive	O
in	O
2001	O
for	O
the	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
,	O
with	O
updated	O
graphics	O
and	O
new	O
features	O
,	O
like	O
two-player	O
mode	O
and	O
end-of-level	O
bosses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sanxion	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
Thalamus	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
Cyberload	O
loader	O
by	O
John	O
Twiddy	O
,	O
famous	O
for	O
containing	O
the	O
string	O
"	O
hackers	O
screw	O
off	O
and	O
die	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commodore	O
User''''s	O
Mike	O
Pattenden	O
considered	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Uridium	B-Device
which	O
was	O
well	O
executed	O
but	O
not	O
really	O
worth	O
purchasing	O
as	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
cheaper	O
rival	O
Warhawk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
retrospective	O
review	O
Kristan	O
Reed	O
of	O
Eurogamer	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
7/10	O
rating	O
:	O
"	O
Although	O
Sanxion	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
stand	O
up	O
nearly	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Uridium	B-Device
does	O
these	O
days	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
a	O
real	O
highlight	O
of	O
the	O
C64	O
's	O
growing	O
love-affair	O
with	O
shooters	O
.	O
</s>
