<s>
Stryker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Run	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
and	O
Philip	O
Meller	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
BBC	B-Device
Master	I-Device
which	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
later	O
converted	O
to	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
2D	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stryker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Run	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2D	O
side-scrolling	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Commander	O
John	B-Application
Stryker	I-Application
of	O
the	O
Allied	O
Nations	O
who	O
has	O
obtained	O
plans	O
of	O
an	O
attack	O
by	O
the	O
enemy	O
Volgans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
coded	O
by	O
Chris	O
Roberts	O
and	O
Philip	O
Meller	O
on	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
with	O
additional	O
graphics	O
by	O
Nick	O
Elms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
pushed	O
the	O
limits	O
of	O
the	O
hardware	O
,	O
certain	O
elements	O
had	O
to	O
be	O
left	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
standard	O
version	O
and	O
Stryker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Run	I-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
released	O
to	O
include	O
an	O
enhanced	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
newly	O
released	O
BBC	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
(	O
also	O
containing	O
the	O
Master	O
enhanced	O
version	O
)	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1986	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
and	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
majority	O
of	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
's	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
games	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
thought	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
possible	O
to	O
convert	O
to	O
the	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
as	O
the	O
game	O
already	O
used	O
up	O
the	O
memory	O
of	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Electron	O
lacks	O
hardware	O
scrolling	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
front	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
even	O
more	O
limited	O
than	O
the	O
standard	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
version	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
starts	O
as	O
soon	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
loaded	O
and	O
there	O
is	O
only	O
a	O
plain	O
screen	O
displaying	O
the	O
score	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
dies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Electron	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
(	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
only	O
)	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
as	O
the	O
sequel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
spawned	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
titled	O
Codename	O
:	O
Droid	O
-	O
Stryker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Run	I-Application
part	O
2	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
game	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
the	O
RiscPC	B-Device
in	O
the	O
mid	O
1990s	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
completed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
by	O
the	O
original	O
publishers	O
has	O
been	O
in	O
development	O
since	O
2007	O
but	O
has	O
no	O
set	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
magazine	O
A&B	O
Computing	O
said	O
"	O
This	O
game	O
will	O
impress	O
you	O
...	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
stunning	O
...	O
this	O
should	O
be	O
in	O
every	O
collection	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	O
User	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
dual	O
review	O
for	O
Stryker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Run	I-Application
and	O
its	O
sequel	O
,	O
gave	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
10/10	O
but	O
while	O
they	O
praised	O
the	O
"	O
beautifully	O
drawn	O
"	O
backdrops	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
animation	O
is	O
a	O
bit	O
flickery	O
at	O
times	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
