<s>
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
is	O
a	O
skeet	O
shooting	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
in	O
December	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
programmer	O
Ed	O
Salvo	O
in	O
his	O
Iowa	O
home	O
and	O
purchased	O
by	O
Pat	O
Roper	O
under	O
the	O
newly	O
formed	O
Apollo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
two-player	O
gameplay	O
variations	O
exist	O
and	O
are	O
activated	O
by	O
modifying	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
's	O
difficulty	O
switches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ed	O
Salvo	O
developed	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salvo	O
had	O
self-taught	O
himself	O
to	O
program	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
after	O
purchasing	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
;	O
the	O
dealer	O
wanted	O
a	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
for	O
the	O
2600	O
so	O
he	O
contracted	O
Salvo	O
to	O
make	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Salvo	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
took	O
him	O
around	O
a	O
month	O
at	O
night	O
in	O
his	O
home	O
to	O
finish	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
his	O
friend	O
sent	O
him	O
an	O
advertisement	O
from	O
a	O
Dallas	O
newspaper	O
by	O
newly	O
founded	O
studio	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
that	O
asked	O
for	O
programmers	O
,	O
he	O
contacted	O
Apollo	O
founder	O
Pat	O
Roper	O
and	O
showed	O
him	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Roper	O
decided	O
that	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
was	O
a	O
good	O
enough	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
first	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Salvo	O
returned	O
to	O
his	O
Iowa	O
home	O
,	O
Roper	O
contacted	O
him	O
and	O
told	O
him	O
he	O
would	O
buy	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
for	O
five	O
thousand	O
dollars	O
which	O
Salvo	O
accepted	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
still	O
had	O
glitches	B-Error_Name
when	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
;	O
one	O
caused	O
the	O
image	O
to	O
flip	O
vertically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salvo	O
learned	O
of	O
the	O
glitch	B-Error_Name
and	O
fixed	O
it	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
cartridges	O
that	O
bear	O
the	O
bug	O
are	O
European	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Crawford	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
reason	O
people	O
did	O
not	O
like	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
was	O
because	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
provide	O
enough	O
challenge	O
for	O
most	O
video	O
game	O
players	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
had	O
distributed	O
it	O
in	O
too	O
much	O
of	O
a	O
hurry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
said	O
that	O
"	O
All	O
in	O
all	O
,	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
was	O
n't	O
a	O
spectacular	O
game	O
to	O
start	O
off	O
with.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Author	O
Brett	O
Alan	O
Weiss	O
wrote	O
that	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
shoddily	O
programmed	O
,	O
graphically	O
primitive	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
poor	O
controls	O
and	O
difficulty	O
levels	O
rendered	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
virtually	O
worthless	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Androvich	O
of	O
Classic	O
Gamer	O
Magazine	O
was	O
similarly	O
negative	O
,	O
writing	O
"	O
Games	O
by	O
Apollo	O
released	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
decent	O
games	O
before	O
going	O
bankrupt	O
,	O
but	O
you	O
never	O
would	O
have	O
guessed	O
that	O
anyone	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
knew	O
how	O
to	O
program	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
judging	O
by	O
their	O
debut	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
,	O
Salvo	O
signed	O
a	O
contract	O
that	O
led	O
to	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Spacechase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apollo	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
release	O
seven	O
other	O
games	O
after	O
Skeet	B-Application
Shoot	I-Application
.	O
</s>
