<s>
Supaplex	B-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Philip	O
Jespersen	O
and	O
Michael	B-Application
Stopp	I-Application
,	O
two	O
Swiss	O
students	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Digital	O
Integration	O
in	O
1991	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aiming	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
that	O
could	O
fit	O
onto	O
a	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
the	O
designers	O
had	O
a	O
hard	O
time	O
developing	O
better	O
graphics	O
under	O
said	O
constraint	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Amiga	B-Device
Supaplex	B-Application
version	O
had	O
to	O
fit	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
880kB	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
needed	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
standard	O
512kB	O
Amiga	B-Device
like	O
the	O
original	O
A500	O
or	O
A2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fact	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
copied	O
onto	O
the	O
hard	O
drive	O
due	O
to	O
copy	O
protection	O
and	O
its	O
custom	O
disk	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Two	O
people	O
from	O
the	O
London	O
area	O
started	O
developing	O
a	O
full	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
,	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
limited	O
graphical	O
support	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Unofficial	O
ports	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
hardware-dependent	O
programming	O
,	O
the	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
Supaplex	B-Application
ran	O
twice	O
as	O
fast	O
as	O
PCs	O
became	O
faster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
have	O
declared	O
the	O
software	O
to	O
be	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
Supaplex	B-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
time	O
limits	O
for	O
solving	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
unlike	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
objects	O
are	O
identical	O
in	O
behaviour	O
to	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
,	O
simply	O
redrawn	O
with	O
a	O
computer	B-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
theme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Murphy	O
replaces	O
Rockford	O
,	O
who	O
collects	O
objects	O
called	O
Infotrons	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
reminiscent	O
of	O
schematic	O
representations	O
of	O
atoms	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
diamonds	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
dirt	O
,	O
the	O
levels	O
are	O
filled	O
with	O
printed	O
circuit	O
board	O
simply	O
called	O
base	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
manual	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
lined	O
with	O
brick	O
walls	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
computer	O
chips	O
and	O
other	O
hardware	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
filled	O
with	O
Zonks	O
instead	O
of	O
rocks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supaplex	B-Application
introduces	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
new	O
elements	O
that	O
were	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
,	O
including	O
bugs	O
,	O
pieces	O
of	O
base	O
that	O
randomly	O
cause	O
life-threatening	O
electrostatic	O
discharges	O
,	O
Ports	O
,	O
which	O
limit	O
Murphy	O
's	O
movement	O
to	O
specific	O
directions	O
,	O
and	O
terminals	O
,	O
which	O
set	O
off	O
yellow	O
Utility	O
Disks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Utility	O
Disks	O
are	O
explosive	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
come	O
in	O
three	O
different	O
colors	O
:	O
Orange	O
Disks	O
work	O
like	O
Zonks	O
,	O
but	O
explode	O
when	O
hit	O
or	O
when	O
falling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yellow	O
Disks	O
do	O
not	O
fall	O
,	O
yet	O
may	O
be	O
pushed	O
in	O
any	O
direction	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
pulled	O
(	O
which	O
allows	O
creating	O
Sokoban-like	O
puzzles	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
explode	O
when	O
the	O
Terminal	O
is	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supaplex	B-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
Boulder	O
Dash-like	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
fully	O
grid-based	O
:	O
while	O
the	O
playing	O
field	O
is	O
an	O
obvious	O
grid	O
,	O
the	O
objects	O
do	O
not	O
"	O
snap	O
"	O
from	O
one	O
grid	O
position	O
to	O
another	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
be	O
halfway	O
or	O
"	O
in	O
between	O
"	O
grid	O
positions	O
while	O
moving	O
or	O
falling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supaplex	B-Application
received	O
mostly	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
and	O
Emerald	B-Application
Mine	I-Application
,	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
lauded	O
the	O
variety	O
of	O
the	O
puzzles	O
and	O
the	O
longevity	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
only	O
lamenting	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
multiplayer	O
mode	O
and	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
restart	O
difficult	O
levels	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
makes	O
a	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Action	O
thought	O
that	O
it	O
improved	O
considerably	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
inspiring	O
it	O
,	O
but	O
expressed	O
dissatisfaction	O
with	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
felt	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
priced	O
high	O
since	O
several	O
public-domain	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
clones	O
already	O
existed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
also	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
addictive	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
more	O
forgiving	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
,	O
calling	O
them	O
"	O
simplistic	O
but	O
effective	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
considered	O
Supaplex	B-Application
to	O
be	O
an	O
average	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
negative	O
review	O
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
criticised	O
the	O
length	O
and	O
difficulty	O
of	O
the	O
levels	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
overall	O
presentation	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
there	O
are	O
superior	O
Boulder	O
Dash	O
clones	O
released	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
