<s>
is	O
a	O
horizontally	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
it	O
sold	O
15,136	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
within	O
five	O
months	O
and	O
became	O
Stern	O
's	O
second	O
best-selling	B-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
not	O
ported	O
to	O
any	O
major	O
contemporary	O
consoles	O
or	O
computers	O
,	O
but	O
there	O
were	O
releases	O
for	O
the	O
Tomy	O
Tutor	O
and	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
as	O
well	O
as	O
dedicated	B-Device
tabletop/handheld	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unauthorized	O
clones	O
for	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
used	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sequel	O
was	O
the	O
more	O
difficult	O
Super	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
,	O
released	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gradius	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Scramble	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
dedicated	B-Device
Tomytronic	O
version	O
of	O
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
second	O
electronic	O
tabletop	O
version	O
of	O
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
in	O
the	O
UK	O
by	O
Grandstand	O
under	O
licence	O
from	O
Japanese	O
firm	O
Epoch	O
Co.	O
,	O
who	O
sold	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Astro	O
Command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
as	O
no	O
scenery	O
is	O
rendered	O
and	O
the	O
ship	O
has	O
no	O
need	O
to	O
refuel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
handheld	O
compact	O
LCD	O
version	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Pocket	O
Scramble	B-Application
"	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
2006	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
cartridge	O
,	O
"	O
Konami	B-Device
Collector	I-Device
Series	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Advanced	I-Device
"	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
is	O
a	O
very	O
close	O
port	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
commercially	O
successful	O
and	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
February	O
1982	O
issue	O
,	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
magazine	O
said	O
it	O
"	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
to	O
send	O
you	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
and	O
quickly	O
earned	O
a	O
big	O
following	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
10,000	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
worth	O
in	O
sales	O
within	O
two	O
months	O
of	O
release	O
in	O
1981	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
topped	O
the	O
US	O
monthly	O
RePlay	O
arcade	B-Application
charts	O
in	O
June	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
sold	O
15,136	O
arcade	B-Application
cabinets	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
within	O
five	O
months	O
,	O
by	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
1981	O
,	O
becoming	O
Stern	O
's	O
second	O
best-selling	B-Application
game	O
after	O
Berzerk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
sequel	O
,	O
the	O
more	O
difficult	O
Super	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
,	O
sold	O
12,337	O
cabinets	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
in	O
four	O
months	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
adding	O
up	O
to	O
27,473	O
U.S.	O
cabinet	O
sales	O
for	O
both	O
,	O
by	O
October	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
tied	O
with	O
Jump	B-Application
Bug	I-Application
and	O
Space	B-Application
Panic	I-Application
as	O
the	O
14th	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1981	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
Video	O
magazine	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
praised	O
for	O
its	O
fidelity	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
and	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
the	O
favorite	O
among	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
titles	O
they	O
had	O
reviewed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
overlays	O
were	O
singled	O
out	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
commenting	O
that	O
"	O
when	O
you	O
're	O
really	O
involved	O
with	O
a	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
game	O
like	O
Scramble	B-Application
,	O
it	O
's	O
almost	O
possible	O
to	O
forget	O
that	O
the	O
program	O
is	O
in	O
black-and-white	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
H	O
.	O
Ahl	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	B-Application
Games	O
reported	O
in	O
1983	O
that	O
no	O
test	O
player	O
was	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
past	O
the	O
fourth	O
level	O
of	O
the	O
Vectrex	B-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	O
,	O
Arcade	B-Application
Express	O
gave	O
the	O
Tomytronic	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
an	O
"	O
engrossing	O
"	O
game	O
that	O
"	O
rates	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
year	O
's	O
best	O
so	O
far	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
made	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
Top	O
100	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
in	O
the	O
Guinness	O
World	O
Records	O
Gamer	O
's	O
Edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
version	O
60th	O
in	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Game	I-Device
Boy	I-Device
Advance	I-Device
Gradius	B-Device
Advance	I-Device
intro	O
and	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
Breakdown	O
DVD	O
included	O
with	O
Gradius	B-Application
V	I-Application
,	O
Scramble	B-Application
is	O
considered	O
the	O
first	O
in	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
Collection	O
guidebook	O
issued	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
after	O
by	O
Konami	O
,	O
lists	O
Scramble	B-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
shooting	O
history	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
games	O
are	O
now	O
listed	O
separately	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
Scramble	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
Konami	B-Device
Collector	I-Device
's	I-Device
Series	I-Device
:	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Advanced	I-Device
by	O
inputting	O
the	O
Konami	O
Code	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Renegade	O
's	O
shots	O
are	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Scramble	B-Application
,	O
the	O
Shori	O
has	O
rapid-fire	O
capabilities	O
triggered	O
by	O
holding	O
down	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Gunslinger	O
's	O
shots	O
can	O
pierce	O
through	O
enemies	O
,	O
meaning	O
they	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
for	O
multiple	O
hits	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
shot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
interview	O
with	O
RePlay	O
magazine	O
in	O
January	O
1990	O
,	O
Konami	O
founder	O
Kagemasa	O
Kōzuki	O
(	O
Kaz	O
Kozuki	O
)	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
considers	O
Scramble	B-Application
to	O
be	O
Konami	O
's	O
most	O
important	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
stated	O
that	O
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
first	O
major	O
hit	O
that	O
"	O
launched	O
Konami	O
into	O
world	O
prominence.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
side-scrolling	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
(	O
it	O
was	O
predated	O
by	O
Defender	B-Application
two	O
months	O
earlier	O
)	O
,	O
Wayne	O
Santos	O
of	O
GameAxis	O
Unwired	O
notes	O
that	O
Scramble	B-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
Super	B-Application
Cobra	I-Application
"	O
created	O
the	O
side-scrolling	O
shooter	O
that	O
progressed	O
to	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
a	O
level	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
having	O
a	O
self-enclosed	O
level	O
that	O
warped	O
on	O
itself	O
in	O
an	O
infinite	O
loop	O
,	O
like	O
Defender.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Konami	O
's	O
Gradius	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
Gradius	B-Application
series	O
,	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
Scramble	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
working	O
title	O
Scramble	B-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
designer	O
Scott	O
Rogers	O
named	O
Scramble	B-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
Irem	O
's	O
Moon	B-Application
Patrol	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
as	O
forerunners	O
of	O
the	O
endless	B-Application
runner	I-Application
platform	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
gameplay	O
is	O
featured	O
during	O
the	O
opening	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
1982	O
Spanish	O
film	O
Colegas	O
by	O
Eloy	O
de	O
la	O
Iglesia	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
some	O
other	O
arcade	B-Application
games	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
like	O
Defender	B-Application
,	O
Monaco	B-Application
GP	I-Application
and	O
Missile	B-Application
Command	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
joined	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Device
Live	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
library	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
13	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Room	I-Device
service	O
on	O
March	O
24	O
,	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2002	O
for	O
GBA	B-Device
titled	O
Konami	B-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Advanced	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2005	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Oretachi	O
Geasen	O
Zoku	O
Sono-series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
2007	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
as	O
part	O
of	O
Konami	B-Device
Classics	I-Device
Series	I-Device
:	I-Device
Arcade	I-Device
Hits	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scramble	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PC	B-Device
on	O
Steam	B-Application
on	O
April	O
18	O
,	O
2019	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Konami	O
Anniversary	O
Collection	O
Arcade	B-Application
Classics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
games	O
Airstrike	B-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
and	O
Bellum	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
are	O
both	O
Scramble	B-Application
clones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whirlybird	O
Run	O
(	O
1983	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
clone	O
.	O
</s>
