<s>
Strahl	B-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
game	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
featuring	O
animation	O
by	O
Toei	O
Animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
LaserDisc-based	O
arcade	O
game	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Chantze	O
's	O
Stone	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
shelved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
would	O
resurface	O
a	O
decade	O
later	O
for	O
the	O
LaserActive	B-Device
's	O
Mega-LD	O
module	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Triad	B-Application
Stone	I-Application
and	O
on	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
under	O
its	O
final	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LaserActive	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
versions	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
choose	O
from	O
three	O
different	O
difficulties	O
;	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
omits	O
this	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
LaserActive	B-Device
version	O
also	O
includes	O
a	O
scoring	O
system	O
,	O
a	O
language	O
option	O
(	O
English	O
or	O
Japanese	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
beeping	O
noises	O
and	O
occasional	O
voice	O
commands	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
four	O
reviewers	O
of	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
scored	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
a	O
6.125	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
praised	O
the	O
animation	O
and	O
imagination	O
of	O
the	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
but	O
concurred	O
that	O
the	O
stages	O
are	O
much	O
too	O
easy	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
does	O
nothing	O
to	O
differentiate	O
itself	O
from	O
previous	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
them	O
summarized	O
that	O
"	O
Strahl	B-Application
is	O
intended	O
for	O
two	O
specific	O
types	O
of	O
people	O
:	O
those	O
who	O
enjoy	O
FMV	B-Application
games	I-Application
and	O
those	O
who	O
like	O
watching	O
Japanimation.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
this	O
anime-inspired	O
CD	O
is	O
too	O
easy	O
and	O
far	O
less	O
humorous	O
than	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
,	O
and	O
it	O
wo	O
n't	O
keep	O
you	O
interested	O
long.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
one	O
star	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Strahl	B-Application
is	O
a	O
title	O
that	O
's	O
placed	O
squarely	O
in	O
the	O
Dragon	B-Application
's	I-Application
Lair	I-Application
tradition	O
,	O
this	O
time	O
using	O
anime-styled	O
characters	O
and	O
action	O
.	O
</s>
