<s>
The	O
text	O
adventure	O
game	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
301	I-Application
:	I-Application
Spring	I-Application
Break	I-Application
is	O
the	O
third	O
and	O
last	O
installment	O
of	O
the	O
Spellcasting	O
series	O
created	O
by	O
Steve	O
Meretzky	O
during	O
his	O
time	O
at	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
,	O
and	O
as	O
it	O
has	O
turned	O
out	O
the	O
only	O
,	O
Spellcasting	O
game	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
256-colour	O
VGA	B-Protocol
version	O
of	O
the	O
Legend	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
interface	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
capable	O
of	O
utilizing	O
the	O
sound	O
card	O
to	O
play	O
both	O
sound	O
effects	O
and	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
previous	O
two	O
parts	O
,	O
whose	O
title	O
pages	O
resembled	O
their	O
box	O
covers	O
,	O
the	O
title	O
page	O
of	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
301	I-Application
shows	O
only	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
on	O
plain-blue	O
background	O
,	O
whereas	O
the	O
box	O
cover	O
showed	O
a	O
girl	O
in	O
a	O
bikini	O
reclining	O
on	O
a	O
floating	O
tiger-striped	O
air	O
mattress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
301	I-Application
is	O
vintage	O
Meretzky	O
,	O
up	O
there	O
with	O
his	O
earlier	O
classics	O
...	O
Everyone	O
else	O
who	O
writes	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
should	O
take	O
a	O
good	O
,	O
hard	O
look	O
at	O
what	O
Meretzky	O
is	O
doing	O
,	O
because	O
he	O
is	O
doing	O
it	O
right	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
believed	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
advancement	O
from	O
Legend	O
's	O
earlier	O
games	O
and	O
praised	O
its	O
audiovisual	O
presentation	O
and	O
interface	O
,	O
ultimately	O
summarizing	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
301	I-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
winner.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
Chicago	O
Tribune	O
,	O
Dennis	O
Lynch	O
wrote	O
that	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
301	I-Application
"	O
is	O
at	O
times	O
sexist	O
and	O
sophomoric	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
's	O
also	O
a	O
clever	O
challenge	O
"	O
Gary	O
Meredith	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
eminently	O
enjoyable	O
"	O
despite	O
its	O
issues	O
.	O
</s>
