<s>
The	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
is	O
a	O
game	B-Application
creation	I-Application
system	I-Application
written	O
by	O
Chris	O
Jochumson	O
and	O
Doug	O
Carlston	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Broderbund	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Louis	O
Ewens	O
ported	O
it	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jochumson	O
also	O
wrote	O
Track	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
for	O
Broderbund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
allows	O
players	O
to	O
create	O
alien	O
attacks	O
like	O
those	O
seen	O
in	O
Galaxian	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
hierophant	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
giving	O
non-programmers	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
create	O
games	O
;	O
furthermore	O
,	O
the	O
publication	O
suggested	O
that	O
with	O
a	O
bit	O
of	O
aesthetic	O
improvement	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
would	O
"	O
be	O
a	O
game	O
one	O
can	O
play	O
almost	O
forever	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1984	O
,	O
InfoWorld	O
deemed	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
fabulous	O
program	O
,	O
"	O
and	O
compared	O
it	O
favourably	O
to	O
Pinball	B-Application
Construction	I-Application
Set	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Steve	O
Panak	O
of	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Machine	I-Application
is	O
not	O
for	O
the	O
weak	O
of	O
stomach	O
,	O
nor	O
for	O
the	O
weak	O
of	O
mind	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
"	O
a	O
best	O
seller	O
"	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
September	O
1984	O
issue	O
of	O
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
