<s>
Slime	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
home	O
computers	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Hales	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Synapse	O
Software	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
attempts	O
to	O
protect	O
their	O
ship	O
from	O
a	O
rain	O
of	O
enormous	O
drops	O
of	O
slime	B-Application
by	O
deflecting	O
them	O
into	O
canisters	O
,	O
while	O
fending	O
off	O
attacks	O
by	O
an	O
alien	O
flying	B-Language
saucer	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
port	O
was	O
developed	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Storm	I-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
is	O
in	O
control	O
of	O
a	O
ship	O
floating	O
in	O
the	O
Sargasso	O
Sea	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
now	O
filled	O
with	O
a	O
slime	B-Application
created	O
by	O
the	O
evil	O
alien	O
Plexarian	O
Invincibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
opens	O
with	O
a	O
slime	B-Application
storm	O
approaching	O
,	O
which	O
causes	O
huge	O
drops	O
of	O
slime	B-Application
to	O
slowly	O
fall	O
from	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
slime	B-Application
is	O
deadly	O
,	O
destroying	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ship	O
if	O
it	O
hits	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
the	O
left	O
and	O
right	O
of	O
the	O
ship	O
,	O
constraining	O
its	O
motion	O
to	O
the	O
center	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
are	O
Gamma-Tube	O
Absorbers	O
which	O
can	O
destroy	O
the	O
falling	O
slime	B-Application
if	O
the	O
drops	O
fall	O
into	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Any	O
slime	B-Application
that	O
does	O
not	O
fall	O
into	O
the	O
Absorbers	O
causes	O
the	O
sea	O
level	O
to	O
rise	O
,	O
moving	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
action	B-Application
up	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
thumb|left|Opening	O
scene	O
of	O
Slime	B-Application
,	O
with	O
the	O
initial	O
set	O
of	O
wedges	O
in	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
task	O
is	O
to	O
cause	O
the	O
slime	B-Application
to	O
fall	O
into	O
the	O
Absorbers	O
using	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
20	O
wedges	O
that	O
deflect	O
the	O
slime	B-Application
to	O
the	O
side	O
as	O
it	O
falls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
Plexians	O
have	O
sent	O
a	O
flying	B-Language
saucer	I-Language
that	O
creates	O
large	O
lightning	B-Architecture
bolts	I-Architecture
that	O
destroy	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
wedges	O
it	O
hits	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
latter	O
case	O
,	O
a	O
helicopter	O
will	O
appear	O
to	O
attempt	O
to	O
open	O
the	O
Absorber	O
again	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
be	O
protected	O
from	O
the	O
slime	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
the	O
enemies	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
slime	B-Application
drops	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
destroyed	O
by	O
triggering	O
a	O
wedge	O
on	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Synapse	O
Software	O
's	O
first	O
success	O
was	O
1981	O
's	O
Protector	B-Application
,	O
and	O
quickly	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
games	O
written	O
by	O
a	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Slime	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
games	O
released	O
during	O
this	O
earlier	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hales	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
another	O
game	O
,	O
Fort	B-Device
Apocalypse	I-Device
,	O
and	O
was	O
pulled	O
off	O
its	O
development	O
to	O
finish	O
Slime	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
delay	O
meant	O
Broderbund	O
's	O
Choplifter	B-Application
reached	O
the	O
market	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
Fort	B-Device
Apocalypse	I-Device
was	O
often	O
considered	O
a	O
me-too	O
effort	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
ported	O
Slime	B-Application
,	O
renamed	O
Super	B-Application
Storm	I-Application
,	O
to	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
for	O
its	O
Atarisoft	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
number	O
of	O
Super	B-Application
Storm	I-Application
game	B-Protocol
cartridges	I-Protocol
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
were	O
manufactured	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
not	O
released	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
was	O
purchased	O
by	O
Jack	O
Tramiel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Antic	O
said	O
"	O
Slime	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fiendishly	O
clever	O
,	O
delightfully	O
disgusting	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
guaranteed	O
to	O
give	O
you	O
green	O
dreams	O
for	O
weeks	O
after	O
you	O
get	O
it	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
complained	O
about	O
the	O
controls	O
,	O
saying	O
they	O
became	O
difficult	O
to	O
use	O
at	O
higher	O
levels	O
and	O
suggested	O
using	O
a	O
trackball	B-Device
might	O
be	O
a	O
solution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
more	O
recent	O
retrogameing	O
review	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
C+	O
rating	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
Synapse	O
’s	O
weaker	O
entries	O
into	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
