<s>
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1999	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infogrames	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
98	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fan	O
following	O
had	O
developed	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
CD	O
cracks	B-Application
in	O
order	O
to	O
make	O
the	O
game	O
compatible	O
on	O
newer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
Retroism	O
re-released	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
GOG.com	O
and	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
Night	O
Dive	O
Studios	O
,	O
to	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Ziggurat	O
Interactive	O
(	O
who	O
purchased	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
)	O
announced	O
a	O
prequel	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2023	O
,	O
titled	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Slaves	O
themselves	O
are	O
grown	O
from	O
a	O
combination	O
of	O
artificially	O
created	O
cybernetic	O
embryos	O
and	O
a	O
mysterious	O
compound	O
called	O
NTR95879	O
,	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
dark	B-Application
matter	I-Application
"	O
by	O
the	O
Guardians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
"	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
"	O
as	O
he	O
wages	O
war	O
against	O
the	O
SovKhan	O
's	O
forces	O
throughout	O
every	O
part	O
of	O
Megacity	O
S1-9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
and	O
GameRevolution	O
additionally	O
criticized	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
for	O
its	O
extremely	O
poor	O
frame	O
rate	O
,	O
lack	O
of	O
in-game	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
conspicuous	O
game-crashing	O
bugs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damien	O
Thorpe	O
of	O
AllGame	O
gave	O
the	B-Operating_System
Dreamcast	I-Operating_System
version	O
three-and-a-half	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
has	O
its	O
flaws	O
,	O
but	O
turns	O
out	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
fun	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Joel	O
Durham	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
website	O
gave	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
saying	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
more	O
you	O
play	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
,	O
the	O
less	O
appealing	O
it	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
 [ ... ] 	O
You	O
can	O
come	O
pretty	O
close	O
to	O
experiencing	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
to	O
its	O
fullest	O
--	O
for	O
free	O
--	O
by	O
playing	O
the	O
demo	O
thirty	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2022	O
,	O
Ziggurat	O
Interactive	O
(	O
owners	O
of	O
franchises	O
such	O
as	O
BloodRayne	B-Application
,	O
KKnD	B-Application
,	O
Uprising	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
announced	O
a	O
prequel	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Entitled	O
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
X	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
genre	O
was	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
third-person	O
shooter	O
premise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slave	B-Application
Zero	I-Application
X	O
was	O
not	O
given	O
an	O
exact	O
release	O
date	O
but	O
a	O
vague	O
estimation	O
for	O
a	O
2023	O
release	O
was	O
given	O
.	O
</s>
