<s>
Shamus	B-Application
:	I-Application
Case	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1983	B-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
written	O
by	O
Cathryn	O
Mataga	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mataga	O
also	O
wrote	O
the	O
original	O
Shamus	B-Application
and	O
the	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
Zeppelin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
by	O
Joe	O
Vierra	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1984	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
ostensibly	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Shamus	B-Application
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
very	O
different	O
,	O
combining	O
aspects	O
of	O
platform	O
games	O
,	O
maze	B-Application
games	I-Application
,	O
and	O
even	O
Breakout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Case	B-Application
II	I-Application
was	O
as	O
well	O
received	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shamus	B-Application
:	I-Application
Case	I-Application
II	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-view	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
Shamus	B-Application
chases	O
The	O
Shadow	O
through	O
its	O
underwater	O
lair	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
,	O
"	O
pit	O
rooms	O
"	O
,	O
are	O
simple	O
maze	B-Application
maps	O
with	O
small	O
open	O
areas	O
connected	O
with	O
ladders	O
,	O
with	O
spiked	O
pits	O
to	O
jump	O
over	O
and	O
small	O
horizontal	O
passages	O
filled	O
with	O
slavering	O
snakes	O
that	O
have	O
to	O
be	O
avoided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
of	O
these	O
types	O
of	O
rooms	O
,	O
pressing	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
causes	O
Shamus	B-Application
to	O
jump	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Periodically	O
,	O
waves	O
of	O
these	O
enemies	O
leave	O
the	O
horizontal	O
rows	O
and	O
descend	O
into	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
room	O
,	O
where	O
they	O
are	O
much	O
easier	O
to	O
attack	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
also	O
fire	O
back	O
at	O
Shamus	B-Application
,	O
or	O
collide	O
with	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
these	O
make	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
top	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
get	O
above	O
the	O
rows	O
of	O
enemies	O
and	O
bounce	O
repeatedly	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
Breakout	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Shamus	B-Application
has	O
destroyed	O
two	O
waves	O
of	O
enemies	O
,	O
or	O
killed	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
snakes	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
horizontal	O
rows	O
,	O
the	O
play	O
freezes	O
and	O
the	O
map	O
begins	O
to	O
scroll	O
vertically	O
to	O
reveal	O
a	O
new	O
area	O
above	O
the	O
last	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
same	O
occurs	O
if	O
enough	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
avoid	O
Shamus	B-Application
's	O
detonators	O
and	O
rip	O
up	O
the	O
floor	O
below	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
called	O
Shamus	B-Application
:	I-Application
Case	I-Application
II	I-Application
"	O
another	O
masterpiece	O
of	O
compressed	O
programming	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
advised	O
readers	O
to	O
"	O
run	O
out	O
and	O
buy	O
it	O
so	O
Mataga	O
will	O
be	O
encouraged	O
to	O
create	O
Case	O
3	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
Shamus	B-Application
,	O
Creative	O
Computing	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
It	O
is	O
not	O
just	O
a	O
thinly	O
disguised	O
variation	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shamus	B-Application
:	I-Application
Case	I-Application
II	I-Application
has	O
the	O
same	O
clever	O
design	O
and	O
hectic	O
pace	O
of	O
its	O
namesake	O
in	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
setting.	O
"	O
</s>
