<s>
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
is	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
two	O
1982	O
adventure/educational	O
video	O
games	O
developed	O
by	O
Spinnaker	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Computer	O
Learning	O
Connection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
case	O
was	O
entitled	O
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
:	O
Case	O
#1	O
:	O
The	O
Granite	O
Point	O
Ghost	O
and	O
the	O
second	O
case	O
entitled	O
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
:	O
Case	O
#2	O
-	O
The	O
Case	O
of	O
the	O
Disappearing	O
Dolphin	O
was	O
released	O
later	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
InfoWorld	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
an	O
electronic	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
Clue	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Computer	O
Learning	O
Connection	O
(	O
later	O
renamed	O
Spinnaker	O
Software	O
)	O
,	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
a	O
two-year-old	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
this	O
time	O
,	O
Computer	O
Learning	O
Connection	O
created	O
the	O
edutainment	O
classics	O
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
and	O
Agent	B-Application
USA	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Search	I-Application
Series	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Other	O
Side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
best-selling	O
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
detective	O
stories	O
by	O
Tom	O
Snyder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
home	B-Device
market	I-Device
,	O
and	O
targeted	O
schools	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
application	O
of	O
school-taught	O
skills	O
such	O
as	O
case-solving	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Snooper	B-Application
Troops	I-Application
was	O
marketed	O
nationally	O
on	O
a	O
major	O
scale	O
by	O
Computer	O
Learning	O
Connection	O
;	O
the	O
campaign	O
involved	O
the	O
design	O
and	O
production	O
of	O
packaging	O
intended	O
to	O
maximise	O
the	O
protection	O
of	O
the	O
discs	O
over	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1985	O
,	O
Gessler	O
Education	O
Software	O
published	O
The	O
Case	O
of	O
the	O
Disappearing	O
Dolphin	O
in	O
French	O
(	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Granite	O
Point	O
Ghost	O
in	O
Spanish	O
and	O
German	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
book	O
Beyond	O
Edutainment	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
became	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
successful	O
educational	O
adventure	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
along	O
with	O
Where	B-Device
in	I-Device
the	I-Device
World	I-Device
is	I-Device
Carmen	I-Device
Sandiego	I-Device
and	O
The	B-Application
Oregon	I-Application
Trail	I-Application
helped	O
bring	O
legitimacy	O
to	O
the	O
edutainment	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
