<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
real-time	B-Application
tactical	I-Application
video	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Games	O
Workshop	O
's	O
1989	O
board	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	B-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
with	O
support	O
from	O
Games	O
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
takes	O
place	O
aboard	O
huge	O
derelicts	O
known	O
as	O
space	B-Application
hulks	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulks	I-Application
theme	O
of	O
pitting	O
slow	O
and	O
heavily	O
armed	O
Marines	O
against	O
fast	O
,	O
deadly	O
Genestealers	O
produced	O
moments	O
of	O
frantic	O
gameplay	O
and	O
a	O
scary	O
atmosphere	O
for	O
its	O
reviewers	O
,	O
earning	O
positive	O
ratings	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
was	O
followed	O
up	O
by	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
Angels	I-Application
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
51missions	O
that	O
involve	O
exterminations	O
,	O
retrieval	O
of	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
rearguard	B-Application
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
1989	O
board	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	B-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
veterans	O
of	O
their	O
Space	O
Marine	O
Chapter	O
who	O
earn	O
the	O
right	O
to	O
wear	O
powered	O
exoskeletons	O
known	O
as	O
Terminator	O
Armor	O
,	O
these	O
Marines	O
embark	O
on	O
missions	O
aboard	O
the	O
eponymous	O
derelict	O
starships	O
that	O
drift	O
in	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Warp	I-Application
,	O
an	O
alternate	O
region	O
of	O
space	O
through	O
which	O
vast	O
interstellar	O
distances	O
can	O
be	O
traversed	O
in	O
a	O
short	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Hulks	I-Application
campaign	O
is	O
mostly	O
exposited	O
through	O
pre-mission	O
briefings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Dark	O
Angel	O
hero	O
was	O
leading	O
his	O
men	O
aboard	O
the	O
invading	O
space	B-Application
hulk	I-Application
,	O
Sin	O
of	O
Damnation	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
vanished	O
into	O
the	B-Application
warp	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
board	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Games	O
Workshop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
third	O
board	O
game	O
that	O
was	O
adapted	O
as	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
;	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
board	O
games	O
were	O
HeroQuest	B-Application
and	O
Space	B-Application
Crusade	I-Application
,	O
whose	O
video	O
game	O
adaptations	O
were	O
both	O
published	O
by	O
Gremlin	O
Graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
board	O
game	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
is	O
played	O
between	O
two	O
players	O
,	O
who	O
assume	O
the	O
roles	O
of	O
the	O
Marines	O
and	O
Genestealers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conversion	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
into	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
was	O
initiated	O
in	O
1991	O
by	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
managed	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
following	O
Gremlin	O
's	O
approach	O
and	O
creating	O
exact	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
games	O
in	O
digital	O
form	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
and	O
Games	O
Workshop	O
opted	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
,	O
with	O
features	O
that	O
took	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
personal	O
computer	O
's	O
technological	O
advancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interior	O
walls	O
of	O
the	O
space	B-Application
hulks	I-Application
were	O
rendered	O
by	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
passing	O
much	O
of	O
the	O
graphical	O
work	O
to	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
digital	O
speech	O
was	O
a	O
relatively	O
new	O
technology	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
technologies	O
to	O
produce	O
alien	O
screeches	O
and	O
roars	O
that	O
permeate	O
the	O
hulks	O
,	O
and	O
warning	O
cries	O
from	O
Marines	O
under	O
attack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1993	O
on	O
floppy	O
disks	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
Personal	I-Device
Computers	I-Device
and	O
their	O
clones	O
that	O
ran	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
was	O
later	O
published	O
for	O
other	O
platforms	O
and	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	O
version	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
included	O
nine	O
new	O
missions	O
,	O
new	O
cinematic	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
digital	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
speech	O
(	O
which	O
required	O
a	O
sound	B-Device
card	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
versions	O
that	O
ran	O
on	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
(	O
published	O
in	O
Autumn	O
1993	O
)	O
cannot	O
be	O
installed	O
on	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
;	O
Amiga	B-Device
users	O
have	O
to	O
swap	O
floppy	O
disks	O
at	O
several	O
points	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
while	O
playing	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Japan	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9821	I-Operating_System
by	O
a	O
local	O
video	O
game	O
company	O
,	O
Starcraft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
produced	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
:	I-Application
Vengeance	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Blood	I-Application
Angels	I-Application
,	O
to	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewers	O
noted	O
the	O
atmosphere	O
experienced	O
while	O
playing	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
science-fiction	O
film	O
Aliens	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
pitting	O
heavily	O
armed	O
soldiers	O
against	O
aliens	O
that	O
looked	O
like	O
H	O
.	O
R	O
.	O
Giger	O
's	O
"	O
exo-skeletal	O
nightmares	O
"	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulks	I-Application
Terminator	O
View	O
Screen	O
was	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
a	O
sequence	O
in	O
the	O
film	O
where	O
a	O
marine	O
lieutenant	O
monitored	O
and	O
ordered	O
his	O
troops	O
as	O
they	O
executed	O
a	O
mission	O
in	O
a	O
dark	O
,	O
dank	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amigas	B-Device
Tony	O
Dillon	O
believed	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
for	O
those	O
with	O
"	O
a	O
weak	O
heart	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
Compute	O
!	O
s	O
Scott	O
May	O
declared	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
a	O
bug	O
blaster	O
's	O
nightmare	O
come	O
true.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
further	O
evoked	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
esprit	O
de	O
corps	O
with	O
its	O
monastic-style	O
briefings	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besides	O
its	O
atmosphere	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulks	I-Application
game	O
mechanics	O
received	O
close	O
attention	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Forces	O
Mark	O
Smith	O
and	O
Ian	O
Osborne	O
were	O
flustered	O
by	O
having	O
to	O
command	O
several	O
Marines	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
while	O
they	O
came	O
under	O
sudden	O
attacks	O
from	O
several	O
directions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Mead	O
offered	O
an	O
opinion	O
not	O
from	O
a	O
player	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
game	O
in	O
his	O
article	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
reviewers	O
had	O
a	O
common	O
grouse	O
:	O
the	O
frequent	O
disk	O
swaps	O
required	O
were	O
tedious	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
one	O
of	O
themSimon	O
Clays	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computingput	O
it	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
was	O
"	O
a	O
very	O
difficult	O
strategy-cum-3D	O
dungeon-esque	O
title	O
with	O
plenty	O
of	O
action	O
and	O
gripping	O
play.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
decade	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
several	O
reviewers	O
mentioned	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
as	O
a	O
Warhammer	O
40,000	O
video	O
game	O
worthy	O
of	O
praise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
like	O
a	O
heavy	O
dose	O
of	O
atmosphere	O
and	O
a	O
little	O
strategy	O
mixed	O
in	O
with	O
the	O
action	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
delivers.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
Space	B-Application
Hulk	I-Application
the	O
10th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
