<s>
Scorcher	B-Application
is	O
a	O
futuristic	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
Danish	O
developer	O
Zyrinx	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
and	O
in	O
1997	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scorcher	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
graphically	O
advanced	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
games	O
of	O
its	O
time	O
,	O
enough	O
so	O
that	O
Sega	O
shipped	O
an	O
unfinished	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
third-party	O
developers	O
as	O
a	O
graphics	O
demo	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Scorcher	B-Application
was	O
hyped	O
in	O
the	O
press	O
during	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
completed	O
game	O
underwhelmed	O
most	O
critics	O
upon	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
typically	O
commented	O
that	O
despite	O
its	O
prolonged	O
development	O
cycle	O
,	O
Scorchers	B-Application
graphics	O
were	O
still	O
cutting	O
edge	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
design	O
is	O
flawed	O
and	O
overall	O
mediocre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lee	O
Nutter	O
of	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
A	O
graphically	O
excellent	O
racing	O
title	O
where	O
the	O
gameplay	O
appears	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
more	O
of	O
an	O
afterthought	O
than	O
an	O
integral	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
summarized	O
that	O
"	O
Scorcher	B-Application
is	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
things	O
going	O
for	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
Scavenger	O
's	O
preoccupation	O
with	O
making	O
it	O
look	O
cool	O
rather	O
than	O
play	O
great	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
sad	O
epitaph	O
for	O
the	O
once-promising	O
company.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
critics	O
complained	O
at	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
otherwise	O
varied	O
in	O
what	O
exactly	O
held	O
back	O
Scorchers	B-Application
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
,	O
writing	O
for	O
GameSpot	O
,	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
simply	O
too	O
generic	O
,	O
while	O
James	O
Price	O
of	O
Saturn	B-Device
Power	O
cited	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
variety	O
in	O
the	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ported	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Acclaim	O
Japan	O
on	O
August	O
22	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
21	O
out	O
of	O
40	O
.	O
</s>
