<s>
Tachyon	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Fringe	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
Space	O
combat	O
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
2000	B-Application
by	O
Novalogic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tachyon	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Randy	O
Casey	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
written	O
two	O
other	O
titles	O
for	O
Novalogic	O
:	O
F-22	B-Application
Lightning	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
F-22	B-Application
Raptor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
of	O
Tachyon	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Fringe	I-Protocol
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
26th	O
century	O
,	O
where	O
mankind	O
has	O
left	O
Earth	O
to	O
colonize	O
the	O
far	O
reaches	O
of	O
space	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
many	O
characteristics	O
of	O
a	O
space	O
opera	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tachyon	B-Protocol
:	I-Protocol
The	I-Protocol
Fringe	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
space	O
combat	O
simulator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
received	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
review	B-Application
aggregation	I-Application
website	O
GameRankings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mark	O
Asher	O
of	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
flop	O
,	O
with	O
sales	O
of	O
20,385	O
copies	O
and	O
revenues	O
of	O
$	O
778,095	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
July	O
2000	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
cited	O
this	O
performance	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
trend	O
of	O
falling	O
sales	O
for	O
space	O
flight	B-Application
simulators	I-Application
and	O
the	O
wider	O
flight	B-Application
simulator	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
staff	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
nominated	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
their	O
2000	B-Application
"	O
Sci-Fi	O
Simulation	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
