<s>
Swords	B-Application
and	I-Application
Serpents	I-Application
is	O
a	O
fantasy	B-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
party	O
encounters	O
an	O
onslaught	O
of	O
fantasy	B-Application
monsters	O
and	O
collects	O
gold	O
and	O
treasure	O
while	O
gaining	O
experience	O
points	O
needed	O
to	O
raise	O
their	O
individual	O
attributes	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
purchasing	O
equipment	O
from	O
shops	O
within	O
the	O
dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swords	B-Application
and	I-Application
Serpents	I-Application
focuses	O
mainly	O
on	O
gameplay	O
and	O
contains	O
very	O
little	O
plot	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
by	O
Paul	O
O'Connor	O
(	O
lead	O
designer	O
for	O
Dragon	B-Device
Wars	I-Device
)	O
but	O
he	O
only	O
worked	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
two	O
weeks	O
before	O
leaving	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
has	O
no	O
connection	O
to	O
the	O
Mattel	B-Operating_System
Intellivision	I-Operating_System
game	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Swords	B-Application
and	I-Application
Serpents	I-Application
can	O
be	O
played	O
by	O
one	O
,	O
two	O
,	O
or	O
four	O
players	O
(	O
by	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
NES	B-Device
Satellite	I-Device
or	O
other	O
4-player	O
adapter	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HonestGamers	O
reviewed	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
gave	O
it	O
8	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
summarizing	O
that	O
Swords	B-Application
and	I-Application
Serpents	I-Application
"	O
is	O
the	O
very	O
definition	O
of	O
‘	O
dungeon	O
crawler	O
,	O
’	O
and	O
embodies	O
most	O
everything	O
you	O
may	O
dread	O
about	O
that	O
phrase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
you	O
’re	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
who	O
lives	O
for	O
this	O
sort	O
of	O
thing	O
,	O
though	O
,	O
Swords	B-Application
&	I-Application
Serpents	I-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
the	O
NES	O
ever	O
saw	O
.	O
</s>
