<s>
Scratches	B-Application
is	O
a	O
horror-themed	O
mystery	O
adventure	O
computer	O
game	O
by	O
game	O
developer	O
Nucleosys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
commercial	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
to	O
be	O
made	O
in	O
Argentina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
1976	O
at	O
the	O
Blackwood	O
estate	O
in	O
Northumberland	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
moves	O
in	O
only	O
to	O
find	O
that	O
the	O
house	O
still	O
echoes	O
its	O
horrible	O
past	O
quite	O
literally	O
as	O
scratches	B-Application
are	O
heard	O
all	O
around	O
,	O
particularly	O
in	O
the	O
basement	O
and	O
fireplaces	O
,	O
and	O
soon	O
becomes	O
more	O
interested	O
in	O
researching	O
the	O
house	O
's	O
history	O
than	O
his	O
writing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
end	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
revealed	O
the	O
scratches	B-Application
were	O
being	O
caused	O
by	O
Robin	O
,	O
the	O
deformed	O
son	O
of	O
James	O
and	O
Catherine	O
,	O
who	O
was	O
locked	O
in	O
the	O
basement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
place	O
has	O
become	O
a	O
scene	O
of	O
ruin	O
;	O
full	O
of	O
looting	O
,	O
vandalism	O
,	O
and	O
graffiti	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sales	O
of	O
his	O
acclaimed	O
first	O
novel	O
,	O
Vanishing	O
Town	O
(	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Dark	B-Application
Fall	I-Application
)	O
,	O
left	O
him	O
with	O
enough	O
wealth	O
to	O
acquire	O
an	O
imposing	O
Victorian	O
mansion	O
,	O
a	O
longtime	O
dream	O
of	O
his	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
to	O
navigate	O
around	O
the	O
house	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lovecraft	O
mythos	O
and	O
several	O
direct	O
references	O
to	O
Lovecraft	O
works	O
make	O
their	O
appearances	O
in	O
Scratches	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
two-man	O
team	O
in	O
Buenos	O
Aires	O
,	O
Argentina	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
"	O
horror	O
"	O
atmosphere	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
:	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
saw	O
changes	O
analogous	O
to	O
those	O
between	O
MYST	O
and	O
Realmyst	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
went	O
Gold	O
on	O
February	O
21	O
,	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
on	O
March	O
8	O
,	O
2006	O
through	O
game	O
publisher	O
Got	O
Game	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nucleosys	O
in	O
2007	O
released	O
a	O
"	O
Director	O
's	O
Cut	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
Scratches	B-Application
,	O
which	O
includes	O
an	O
alternate	O
ending	O
and	O
two	O
more	O
hours	O
of	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Meridian4	O
released	O
Scratches	B-Application
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
X	I-Application
were	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
never	O
released	O
before	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Globally	O
,	O
Scratches	B-Application
sold	O
more	O
than	O
150,000	O
units	O
by	O
March	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
director	O
's	O
cut	O
,	O
Wired	O
asserted	O
"	O
You	O
probably	O
did	O
n't	O
play	O
PC	O
game	O
Scratches	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2006	O
,	O
Scratches	B-Application
ranked	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
of	O
com	O
's	O
Top	O
Sellers	O
in	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
popular	O
game	O
indexes	O
such	O
as	O
GameRankings.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
but	O
overall	O
achieved	O
an	O
average	O
to	O
high	O
score	O
from	O
most	O
review	O
sites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Nucleosys	O
went	O
out	O
of	O
business	O
,	O
Agustín	O
Cordes	O
would	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
found	O
Senscape	O
,	O
who	O
are	O
currently	O
developing	O
the	O
horror	O
game	O
Asylum	B-Application
after	O
a	O
successful	O
Kickstarter	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scratches	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
released	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
developed	O
in	O
Argentina	O
.	O
</s>
