<s>
Stellar	B-Application
7	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
tank	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Battlezone	B-Application
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
a	O
futuristic	O
tank	O
pilot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
created	O
by	O
Damon	O
Slye	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
three	O
sequels	O
,	O
Arcticfox	B-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
Nova	B-Application
9	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Return	I-Application
of	I-Application
Gir	I-Application
Draxon	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Stellar	B-Application
7	I-Application
:	I-Application
Draxon	I-Application
's	I-Application
Revenge	I-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
remade	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
1990s	O
for	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
bosses	O
were	O
not	O
particularly	O
complicated	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
sequel	O
(	O
Nova	B-Application
9	I-Application
)	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
presented	O
a	O
reasonable	O
challenge	O
for	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
(	O
Nova	B-Application
9	I-Application
)	O
would	O
vastly	O
expand	O
the	O
in-game	O
plot	O
,	O
adding	O
cut	O
scenes	O
,	O
dialog	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
story-related	O
tension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Softline	O
stated	O
in	O
1983	O
that	O
"	O
Combining	O
first-rate	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
with	O
fast-paced	O
,	O
arcade-style	O
excitement	O
makes	O
Stellar	B-Application
7	I-Application
hard	O
to	O
beat	O
in	O
every	O
sense	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Video	O
magazine	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
severe	O
test	O
for	O
even	O
the	O
most	O
skillful	O
home	O
arcaders	O
"	O
whose	O
"	O
varied	O
action	O
makes	O
it	O
a	O
particularly	O
satisfying	O
game	O
for	O
solo	O
players.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tom	O
Clancy	O
in	O
1988	O
named	O
Stellar	B-Application
7	I-Application
one	O
of	O
his	O
two	O
favorite	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
it	O
is	O
so	O
unforgiving	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
just	O
like	O
life	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
