<s>
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
in	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
adaption	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Tarantula	O
Studios	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PlayStation	B-Device
port	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Runecraft	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2000	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Evo	B-Application
's	I-Application
Space	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
control	O
Evo	O
,	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
reduced	O
to	O
a	O
crawling	O
microchip	O
after	O
a	O
ship	O
crash	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
tasked	O
with	O
taking	O
control	O
of	O
animals	O
to	O
solve	O
puzzles	O
and	O
defeat	O
enemies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
this	O
deal	O
fell	O
through	O
,	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
turned	O
their	O
focus	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
a	O
more	O
advanced	O
environment	O
and	O
model	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
release	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
was	O
acclaimed	O
by	O
many	O
reviewers	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
particularly	O
directed	O
at	O
the	O
intuitive	O
mechanics	O
,	O
innovative	O
level	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
comical	O
concepts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platform	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
viewed	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
players	O
control	O
Evo	O
—	O
a	O
robot	B-Algorithm
who	O
is	O
reduced	O
to	O
a	O
crawling	O
microchip	O
during	O
a	O
ship	O
crash	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
losing	O
energy	O
at	O
a	O
steady	O
rate	O
without	O
protection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
contains	O
a	O
glitch	O
which	O
prevents	O
the	O
player	O
from	O
collecting	O
the	O
souvenir	O
from	O
the	O
level	O
"	O
Fat	O
Bear	O
Mountain	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
the	O
special	O
bonus	O
round	O
cannot	O
be	O
accessed	O
through	O
normal	O
means	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
year	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
space	B-Application
station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
is	O
launched	O
,	O
housing	O
numerous	O
robotic	O
animals	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
began	O
development	O
in	O
September	O
1995	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
three-game	O
publishing	O
deal	O
between	O
developer	O
DMA	O
Design	O
and	O
BMG	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
being	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
and	O
Tanktics	O
(	O
1999	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
games	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
as	O
they	O
were	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
platforms	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
's	O
acquisition	O
of	O
BMG	O
Interactive	O
in	O
March	O
1998	O
,	O
Take-Two	O
acquired	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
instead	O
changed	O
focus	O
to	O
develop	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
upon	O
discovering	O
that	O
Windows	O
was	O
incapable	O
of	O
processing	O
the	O
models	O
and	O
environments	O
intended	O
for	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Every	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
that	O
developed	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
began	O
working	O
at	O
DMA	O
Design	O
at	O
the	O
beginning	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
began	O
using	O
the	O
then-new	O
DirectX	B-Application
libraries	O
,	O
following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
levels	O
were	O
designed	O
and	O
edited	O
using	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
transferred	O
directly	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
development	O
boards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
found	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
to	O
be	O
more	O
advanced	O
than	O
previous	O
hardware	O
;	O
programmer	O
Grant	O
Salvona	O
described	O
the	O
development	O
kits	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
hardware	O
available	O
in	O
the	O
building	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
presented	O
with	O
"	O
distinctive	O
'	O
British	O
 '	O
humour	O
"	O
to	O
distinguish	O
it	O
from	O
other	O
games	O
;	O
lead	O
programmer	O
Leslie	O
Benzies	O
and	O
artist	O
Aaron	O
Garbut	O
often	O
presented	O
the	O
team	O
with	O
other	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Super	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
64	I-Application
(	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
to	O
identify	O
the	O
differences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Baglow	O
found	O
that	O
creating	O
the	O
music	O
on	O
a	O
cartridge	B-Protocol
instead	O
of	O
a	O
CD	B-Device
prompted	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
discover	O
new	O
techniques	O
of	O
working	O
within	O
the	O
boundaries	O
of	O
the	O
former	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
people	O
who	O
are	O
doing	O
music	O
for	O
CD-based	O
systems	O
get	O
very	O
,	O
very	O
lazy	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
similar	O
body-swapping	O
games	O
already	O
existed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Paradroid	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
they	O
had	O
little	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
were	O
instead	O
influenced	O
by	O
other	O
games	O
in	O
development	O
at	O
DMA	O
,	O
including	O
Grand	B-Application
Theft	I-Application
Auto	I-Application
and	O
Body	B-Application
Harvest	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
those	O
games	O
,	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
does	O
not	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
;	O
"	O
they	O
're	O
a	O
bugger	O
to	O
make	O
,	O
"	O
explained	O
creative	O
director	O
Gary	O
Penn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
concept	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
that	O
players	O
would	O
eat	O
robots	B-Algorithm
and	O
become	O
increasingly	O
larger	O
,	O
retrospectively	O
described	O
by	O
creative	O
director	O
lead	O
artist	O
Jamie	O
Bryan	O
as	O
being	O
similar	O
to	O
Cubivore	B-Application
:	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Fittest	I-Application
(	O
2002	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
entered	O
beta	O
in	O
August	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
on	O
21	O
October	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
—	O
a	O
2D	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
—	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
late	O
1999	O
;	O
IGN	O
's	O
Tim	O
Jones	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
port	O
,	O
criticising	O
the	O
gameplay	O
and	O
level	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
by	O
Runecraft	O
in	O
June	O
2000	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
Evo	B-Application
's	I-Application
Space	I-Application
Adventures	I-Application
,	O
although	O
the	O
original	O
development	O
team	O
had	O
little	O
input	O
besides	O
providing	O
the	O
models	O
,	O
codes	O
and	O
textures	O
;	O
a	O
review	O
by	O
JeuxVideo.com	O
criticised	O
the	O
port	O
's	O
poor	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
elsewhere	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
laziest	O
ports	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
video	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Review	B-Application
aggregator	I-Application
Metacritic	O
calculated	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
83	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
based	O
on	O
10	O
reviews	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Metacritic	O
ranks	O
the	O
game	O
within	O
the	O
top	O
10	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
games	O
released	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
applauded	O
for	O
the	O
originality	O
of	O
its	O
concept	O
;	O
IGNs	O
Matt	O
Casamassina	O
called	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
"	O
maybe	O
the	O
most	O
original	O
game	O
to	O
hit	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
"	O
,	O
and	O
Next	O
Generation	O
named	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
very	O
best	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
has	O
to	O
offer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameRevolution	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
"	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
sound	O
yet	O
"	O
for	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
the	O
musical	O
tracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
original	O
music	O
is	O
replaced	O
,	O
John	O
Szczepaniak	O
of	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
sucks	O
"	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
elevator	O
style	O
music	O
is	O
made	O
even	O
more	O
obnoxious	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
really	O
good	O
tunes	O
...	O
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
with	O
awful	O
generic	O
heavy	O
metal	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGNs	O
Casamassina	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
lacks	O
the	O
graphic	O
finesse	O
of	O
a	O
title	O
like	O
Banjo-Kazooie	B-Application
"	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
it	O
nonetheless	O
,	O
while	O
GameSpots	O
Lauren	O
Fielder	O
called	O
the	O
graphics	O
"	O
nothing	O
special	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
felt	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
does	O
n't	O
push	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
's	O
hardware	O
to	O
the	O
limits	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
some	O
occasional	O
frame	O
rate	O
slowdown	O
,	O
but	O
appreciated	O
the	O
"	O
cute	O
"	O
and	O
simplistic	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
presented	O
Space	B-Application
Station	I-Application
Silicon	I-Application
Valley	I-Application
the	O
Silver	O
Editor	O
's	O
Choice	O
Award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2007	O
,	O
IGN	O
placed	O
the	O
game	O
fifth	O
on	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Underrated	O
and	O
Underappreciated	O
Games	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
2009	O
placed	O
it	O
on	O
a	O
list	O
of	O
"	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
Treasures	O
"	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
remains	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
great	O
unsung	O
heroes	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
console	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
attributed	O
the	O
poor	O
commercial	O
performance	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
simultaneous	O
launch	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Legend	I-Application
of	I-Application
Zelda	I-Application
:	I-Application
Ocarina	I-Application
of	I-Application
Time	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
marketing	O
focus	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
