<s>
The	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
is	O
a	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
created	O
,	O
designed	O
,	O
and	O
implemented	O
by	O
Jim	O
Pettingell	O
for	O
the	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
home	O
computer	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Texas	O
Instruments	O
in	O
1981	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
at	O
Milton	O
Bradley	O
as	O
Alien	B-Application
Attack	O
,	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
movies	O
Alien	B-Application
(	O
1979	O
)	O
and	O
Barbarella	O
(	O
1968	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
being	O
sold	O
to	O
TI	O
,	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Attack	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
flies	O
a	O
spaceship	O
in	O
four	O
directions	O
around	O
a	O
single	O
screen	O
,	O
shooting	O
"	O
spores	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
connect	O
together	O
to	O
form	O
new	O
aliens	B-Application
,	O
and	O
already	O
formed	O
aliens	B-Application
before	O
they	O
eat	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Incubators	O
,	O
shown	O
as	O
square	O
boxes	O
,	O
release	O
more	O
spores	O
or	O
,	O
in	O
later	O
levels	O
,	O
aliens	B-Application
.	O
</s>
