<s>
Spelljammer	B-Application
:	I-Application
Pirates	I-Application
of	I-Application
Realmspace	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
released	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Simulations	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spelljammer	O
was	O
programmed	O
and	O
designed	O
by	O
Cybertech	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
time	O
Cybertech	B-Application
Systems	I-Application
was	O
actually	O
just	O
Escudero	O
in	O
his	O
basement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amiga	B-Device
was	O
used	O
for	O
digitisation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
could	O
write	O
to	O
standard	O
PC	O
floppy	O
disks	O
,	O
and	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
would	O
write	O
files	O
that	O
PC	O
Deluxe	B-Application
paint	I-Application
could	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Deluxe	B-Application
Paint	I-Application
Animation	I-Application
were	O
used	O
for	O
90%	O
of	O
the	O
art	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
30-second	O
Cybertech	B-Application
introduction	O
of	O
a	O
door	O
opening	O
took	O
four	O
hours	O
to	O
render	O
on	O
a	O
486	O
,	O
and	O
over	O
24	O
hours	O
on	O
a	O
386	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybertech	B-Application
hired	O
a	O
model	O
builder	O
to	O
build	O
one	O
ship	O
,	O
but	O
while	O
this	O
had	O
good	O
results	O
it	O
turned	O
out	O
the	O
model	O
builder	O
could	O
n't	O
turn	O
a	O
profit	O
at	O
the	O
price	O
they	O
could	O
pay	O
for	O
a	O
custom	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cybertech	B-Application
hired	O
an	O
assembly	O
whiz	O
to	O
write	O
the	O
de-compressor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
Spelljammer	O
was	O
finished	O
,	O
Escudero	O
was	O
instrumental	O
in	O
developing	O
a	O
multi-line	O
BBS	B-Application
called	O
Ice	O
Online	O
that	O
ran	O
a	O
custom	O
coded	O
MUD	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EA	O
eventually	O
bought	O
out	O
Ice	O
Online	O
,	O
took	O
all	O
the	O
key	O
employees	O
and	O
closed	O
down	O
the	O
BBS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
warned	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
grandiose	O
claims	O
"	O
SSI	O
made	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
Legends	B-Application
of	I-Application
Valour	I-Application
threatened	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
"	O
long-standing	O
reputation	O
for	O
quality	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
