<s>
Taxman	B-Device
is	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
Namco	O
's	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
written	O
by	O
Brian	O
Fitzgerald	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
H.A.L.	O
</s>
<s>
Labs	O
,	O
a	O
firm	O
he	O
cofounded	O
with	O
Greg	O
Autry	O
,	O
in	O
1981	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Featuring	O
the	O
same	O
maze	B-Application
and	O
yellow	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
character	O
as	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
promoted	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
definitive	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
popular	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
HAL	O
was	O
asked	O
to	O
stop	O
selling	O
Taxman	B-Device
by	O
Atari	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
who	O
owned	O
the	O
home	O
rights	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Atari	O
published	O
a	O
modified	O
version	O
of	O
Taxman	B-Device
as	O
the	O
official	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
port	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
under	O
its	O
Atarisoft	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HAL	O
Labs	O
then	O
changed	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
graphics	O
of	O
Taxman	B-Device
and	O
rebranded	O
it	O
as	O
Taxman	B-Device
2	O
in	O
1982	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fitzgerald	O
publicly	O
released	O
the	O
Taxman	B-Device
source	O
code	O
in	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taxman	B-Device
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
land	O
of	O
Tanstaafl	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
rebellious	O
citizens	O
are	O
rioting	O
in	O
the	O
streets	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
player	O
passes	O
through	O
tax	O
centers	O
located	O
in	O
each	O
precinct	O
to	O
temporarily	O
pacify	O
the	O
rebels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karl	O
Westerholm	O
reviewed	O
Taxman	B-Device
in	O
The	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
