<s>
Sid	B-Application
Meier	I-Application
's	I-Application
Covert	I-Application
Action	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
and	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
released	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
MicroProse	O
for	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
he	O
developed	O
what	O
he	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Covert	O
Action	B-Application
Rule	O
"	O
:	O
"	O
It	O
's	O
better	O
to	O
have	O
one	O
good	O
game	O
than	O
two	O
great	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
praised	O
Covert	O
Action	B-Application
for	O
including	O
both	O
action	B-Application
and	O
"	O
mind-twisting	O
brainwork	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
individual	O
cases	O
take	O
at	O
least	O
half	O
an	O
hour	O
to	O
solve	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
addictive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
criticized	O
the	O
poor	O
documentation	O
,	O
but	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
is	O
entertaining	O
in	O
the	O
extreme	O
"	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Fool	I-Application
's	I-Application
Errand	I-Application
and	O
Starflight	B-Application
.	O
</s>
