<s>
Skool	B-Application
Daze	I-Application
is	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Microsphere	O
in	O
1984	B-Application
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
home	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
this	O
,	O
he	O
blocked	O
in	O
the	O
individual	O
pixels	B-Algorithm
to	O
create	O
an	O
appropriate	O
sprite	O
,	O
with	O
tracing	O
paper	O
to	O
design	O
the	O
individual	O
animation	O
frames	O
for	O
each	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
the	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
limitations	O
helpful	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
forced	O
him	O
to	O
design	O
cartoon-like	O
characters	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
You	O
could	O
n’t	O
do	O
a	O
normal	O
person	O
because	O
they	O
would	O
have	O
all	O
looked	O
the	O
same	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Back	B-Application
to	I-Application
Skool	I-Application
,	O
Boy	O
Wander	O
writes	O
about	O
Contact	B-Application
Sam	I-Application
Cruise	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Skool	B-Application
Daze	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
when	O
first	O
released	O
,	O
selling	O
50,000	O
copies	O
despite	O
very	O
little	O
marketing	O
or	O
promotion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
voted	O
the	O
4th	O
best	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
in	O
a	O
special	O
issue	O
of	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
magazine	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
recognised	O
as	O
being	O
a	O
pioneer	O
of	O
the	O
sandbox	O
game	O
format	O
,	O
later	O
used	O
by	O
Little	B-Application
Computer	I-Application
People	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Sims	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Back	B-Application
to	I-Application
Skool	I-Application
,	O
which	O
expanded	O
the	O
gameplay	O
to	O
include	O
a	O
neighbouring	O
girls	O
 '	O
school	O
and	O
a	O
love	O
interest	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
benefit	O
of	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
reduce	O
one	O
's	O
lines	O
)	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
stink	O
bombs	O
,	O
mice	O
,	O
water	O
pistols	O
,	O
frogs	O
,	O
sherry	O
and	O
a	O
long-suffering	O
caretaker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
unofficial	O
remake	O
is	O
Klass	O
of	O
'	O
99	O
,	O
a	O
PC	O
edition	O
of	O
Skool	B-Application
Daze	I-Application
with	O
updated	O
graphics	O
and	O
various	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
conversions	O
of	O
Skool	B-Application
Daze	I-Application
have	O
been	O
made	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Oric	B-Device
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
