<s>
Sir	B-Application
Lancelot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
published	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sir	B-Application
Lancelot	I-Application
,	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
,	O
must	O
explore	O
the	O
24	O
rooms	O
of	O
the	O
castle	O
and	O
collect	O
all	O
the	O
objects	O
(	O
which	O
come	O
in	O
many	O
forms	O
but	O
glow	O
to	O
make	O
them	O
identifiable	O
)	O
in	O
each	O
room	O
before	O
making	O
his	O
way	O
to	O
the	O
exit	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
joystick	B-Device
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
has	O
the	O
rooms	O
visited	O
progressively	O
whilst	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
version	O
allows	O
the	O
rooms	O
to	O
be	O
completed	O
in	O
any	O
order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
was	O
written	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
16K	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
48K	O
games	O
were	O
the	O
norm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
the	O
16K	O
machine	O
several	O
shortcuts	O
were	O
made	O
:	O
Sir	B-Application
Lancelot	I-Application
moved	O
two	O
pixels	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
giving	O
a	O
slightly	O
choppy	O
appearance	O
to	O
his	O
movement	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
screens	O
were	O
more	O
simplistic	O
than	O
other	O
platform	O
games	O
released	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
