<s>
Splat	B-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
is	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
published	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
in	O
1983	B-Application
by	O
Incentive	O
Software	O
of	O
Reading	O
,	O
England	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
subsequently	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
SAM	B-Device
Coupé	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
guides	O
Zippy	O
,	O
an	O
X-shaped	O
sprite	O
,	O
around	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
viewed	O
top-down	O
,	O
with	O
solid	O
walls	O
,	O
hazards	O
and	O
collectable	O
rewards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
view	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
scrolls	O
randomly	O
right	O
,	O
left	O
,	O
up	O
or	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
survives	O
they	O
receive	O
a	O
score	O
bonus	O
for	O
completing	O
the	O
level	O
and	O
they	O
proceed	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
level	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
continuation	O
of	O
the	O
maze	B-Application
,	O
with	O
less	O
interval	O
between	O
scrolling	O
steps	O
and	O
a	O
shorter	O
level	O
duration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
release	O
this	O
was	O
remarkable	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
overcoming	O
the	O
Spectrum	O
's	O
rudimentary	O
sound	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
Ian	O
Andrew	O
,	O
founder	O
of	O
Incentive	O
Software	O
,	O
with	O
Ian	O
Morgan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1983	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
1985	O
,	O
attributed	O
to	O
Ian	O
Andrew	O
and	O
Paul	O
Shirley	O
,	O
using	O
some	O
different	O
colours	O
from	O
previous	O
releases	O
such	O
as	O
pink	O
rather	O
than	O
white	O
maze	B-Application
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SAM	B-Device
Coupé	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
coded	O
by	O
Colin	O
Jordan	O
and	O
using	O
that	O
machine	O
's	O
advanced	O
audio	O
capabilities	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
background	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
Spectrum	O
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
in	O
1992	O
by	O
Alternative	O
Software	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
4-Most	O
Thrillers	O
compilation	O
along	O
with	O
Martech	O
's	O
Mega	B-Application
Apocalypse	I-Application
,	O
The	O
Fury	O
and	O
Vixen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
