<s>
Snooker	B-Application
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
Snooker	B-Application
'	O
83	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
sports	O
video	O
game	O
published	O
by	O
Visions	O
Software	O
Factory	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
simulates	O
the	O
cue	O
sport	O
of	O
snooker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
VIC-20	B-Device
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
video	O
game	O
simulates	O
the	O
game	O
of	O
snooker	B-Application
on	O
the	O
major	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
that	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
players	O
take	O
turns	O
to	O
hit	O
a	O
white	O
cue	O
ball	O
against	O
the	O
reds	O
or	O
colours	O
following	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
snooker	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
limited	O
colour	O
selections	O
of	O
the	O
home	O
computers	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
(	O
often	O
limited	O
to	O
8	O
colours	O
)	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
memory	B-Architecture
sizes	O
(	O
the	O
VIC-20	B-Device
version	O
ran	O
in	O
less	O
than	O
6K	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
meant	O
the	O
user	O
experience	O
was	O
limited	O
compared	O
to	O
more	O
modern	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
also	O
other	O
games	O
simply	O
titled	O
"	O
Snooker	B-Application
"	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
one	O
release	O
by	O
Microbyte	O
and	O
Artic	O
Computing	O
Ltd	O
also	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
were	O
followed	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
Steve	B-Application
Davis	I-Application
Snooker	I-Application
and	O
Steve	B-Application
Davis	I-Application
World	I-Application
Snooker	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
