<s>
Sneakers	B-Application
is	O
a	O
fixed	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
written	O
by	O
Mark	O
Turmell	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sirius	O
Software	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sneakers	B-Application
was	O
Turmell	O
's	O
first	O
published	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
later	O
was	O
the	O
lead	O
designer	O
and	O
programmer	O
of	O
1993	O
's	O
NBA	B-Application
Jam	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
uses	O
either	O
the	O
paddles	B-Device
or	O
the	O
keyboard	O
to	O
move	O
a	O
ship	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
across	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
while	O
shooting	O
or	O
evading	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
wave	O
pits	O
the	O
player	O
against	O
the	O
innocuous	O
"	O
Sneakers	B-Application
"	O
,	O
smiling	O
,	O
white-legged	O
creatures	O
that	O
fly	O
randomly	O
around	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sneakers	B-Application
are	O
blue	O
when	O
flying	O
freely	O
,	O
but	O
turn	O
red	O
when	O
sitting	O
on	O
the	O
ground	O
or	O
traveling	O
vertically	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Resembling	O
flying	B-Language
saucers	I-Language
,	O
these	O
ships	O
drop	O
a	O
steady	O
rain	O
of	O
bombs	O
as	O
they	O
fly	O
back	O
and	O
forth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sneakers	B-Application
was	O
Mark	O
Turmell	O
's	O
first	O
game	O
,	O
begun	O
shortly	O
after	O
teaching	O
himself	O
6502	B-General_Concept
assembly	B-Language
language	I-Language
on	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
two	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
July	O
1981	O
release	O
Sirius	O
had	O
sold	O
10,000	O
copies	O
,	O
and	O
by	O
October	O
Sneakers	B-Application
was	O
ninth	O
on	O
the	O
Softalk	O
Top	O
Thirty	O
list	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sneakers	B-Application
received	O
a	O
Certificate	O
of	O
Merit	O
in	O
the	O
category	O
of	O
"	O
Most	O
Humorous	O
Home	O
Arcade	O
Game	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
4th	O
annual	O
Arkie	O
Awards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sneakers	B-Application
appear	O
as	O
antagonists	O
in	O
the	O
1982	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
game	O
Fast	O
Eddie	O
,	O
also	O
written	O
by	O
Turmell	O
.	O
</s>
