<s>
Savage	B-Application
Pond	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
pond	O
simulation	O
game	O
which	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Peter	O
Judd	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Gwyll	O
Jones	O
for	O
the	O
16k	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1983	O
and	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
to	O
build	O
up	O
a	O
colony	O
of	O
frogs	B-Algorithm
while	O
avoiding	O
the	O
many	O
hazards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
contemporary	O
arcade	O
games	O
,	O
even	O
if	O
not	O
set	O
in	O
space	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Frogger	B-Application
(	O
with	O
frogs	B-Algorithm
that	O
cannot	O
swim	O
)	O
and	O
Centipede	B-Application
(	O
which	O
is	O
basically	O
a	O
space	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
with	O
characters	O
that	O
look	O
like	O
insects	O
)	O
,	O
were	O
far	O
from	O
realistic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tadpole	O
character	O
can	O
swim	O
around	O
the	O
pond	O
eating	O
amoeba	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
dragonfly	B-Application
that	O
occasionally	O
flies	O
over	O
the	O
pond	O
and	O
drops	O
an	O
egg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
egg	O
can	O
be	O
eaten	O
but	O
if	O
left	O
to	O
hatch	O
,	O
the	O
larva	O
will	O
escape	O
(	O
but	O
again	O
can	O
be	O
eaten	O
)	O
and	O
return	O
as	O
a	O
nymph	O
which	O
will	O
chase	O
the	O
tadpole	O
until	O
it	O
catches	O
and	O
eats	O
it	O
or	O
becomes	O
exhausted	O
and	O
chrysalises	O
to	O
become	O
another	O
dragonfly	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
build	O
the	O
frog	B-Algorithm
colony	O
,	O
many	O
'	O
evolutions	O
 '	O
must	O
take	O
place	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
increase	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
hazards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
five	O
worms	O
are	O
eaten	O
,	O
a	O
beetle	B-Application
larva	O
appears	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pond	O
continues	O
to	O
'	O
evolve	O
 '	O
,	O
first	O
with	O
the	O
appearance	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
first	O
frog	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
sits	O
on	O
a	O
log	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
eat	O
the	O
passing	O
dragonflies	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
acts	O
as	O
an	O
extra	O
life	O
as	O
if	O
all	O
three	O
tadpoles	O
are	O
lost	O
,	O
the	O
frog	B-Algorithm
will	O
reproduce	O
before	O
leaving	O
with	O
its	O
mate	O
for	O
a	O
different	O
colony	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
must	O
create	O
another	O
frog	B-Algorithm
before	O
the	O
pond	O
can	O
continue	O
to	O
'	O
evolve	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Colony	O
3	O
adds	O
bumble	O
bees	O
which	O
have	O
apparently	O
been	O
affected	O
by	O
the	O
radiation	O
so	O
attack	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
frog	B-Algorithm
(	O
in	O
the	O
only	O
real	O
exception	O
to	O
the	O
true	O
to	O
life	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
creatures	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
now	O
build	O
up	O
a	O
colony	O
of	O
frogs	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
