<s>
Stampede	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Bob	O
Whitehead	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Video	I-General_Concept
Computer	I-General_Concept
System	I-General_Concept
(	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stampede	B-Application
is	O
a	O
left-to-right	O
,	O
horizontally-scrolling	O
,	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
with	O
a	O
cattle	O
round-up	O
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Activision	O
catalog	O
from	O
1982	O
advertised	O
Stampede	B-Application
in	O
the	O
following	O
way	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Stampede	B-Application
by	O
Activision	O
,	O
you	O
'll	O
have	O
to	O
ride	O
fast	O
and	O
rope	O
even	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
head	O
out	O
West	O
for	O
hours	O
of	O
fun	O
with	O
Stampede	B-Application
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
objective	O
of	O
Stampede	B-Application
is	O
to	O
round	O
up	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
cattle	O
without	O
letting	O
any	O
pass	O
by	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
noted	O
that	O
although	O
the	O
game	O
only	O
utilized	O
2k	O
of	O
ROM	B-Device
,	O
it	O
demonstrated	O
Activision	O
's	O
success	O
in	O
"	O
marketing	O
new	O
and	O
unusual	O
games	O
"	O
and	O
showed	O
that	O
"	O
expanding	O
memory	O
is	O
n't	O
the	O
only	O
way	O
to	O
create	O
solid	O
,	O
playable	O
games	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Richard	O
A	O
.	O
Edwards	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Atari	O
version	O
of	O
Stampede	B-Application
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Edwards	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
This	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
combined	O
strategy	O
and	O
action	B-Application
games	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Atari	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1983	O
,	O
Video	O
Games	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Stampede	B-Application
was	O
easier	O
than	O
the	O
difficult	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
original	O
with	O
identical	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Danny	O
Goodman	O
of	O
Creative	O
Computing	O
Video	O
&	O
Arcade	O
Games	O
was	O
surprised	O
that	O
the	O
Intellivision	B-Operating_System
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
"	O
were	O
scarcely	O
more	O
detailed	O
than	O
their	O
Atari	O
ancestors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
