<s>
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
created	O
by	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
featuring	O
three	O
anthropomorphic	O
cheetahs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
introduced	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
multi-game	O
cartridge	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
notable	O
for	O
its	O
main	O
theme	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
used	O
as	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
level	O
in	O
Cat	B-Application
Mario	I-Application
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
its	O
extremely	O
low	O
quality	O
,	O
often	O
being	O
cited	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
video	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
also	O
appear	O
in	O
an	O
unpublished	O
sequel	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
(	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
II	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
obscure	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
title	O
that	O
was	O
simply	O
called	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cheetahmen	B-Application
III	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
in	O
1994	O
for	O
a	O
prototype	O
handheld	O
console	O
by	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
but	O
is	O
now	O
considered	O
vaporware	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
likely	O
made	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
franchise	O
similar	O
to	O
ones	O
such	O
as	O
Kevin	O
Eastman	O
and	O
Peter	O
Laird	O
's	O
Teenage	B-Application
Mutant	I-Application
Ninja	I-Application
Turtles	I-Application
,	O
which	O
it	O
shares	O
similar	O
elements	O
with	O
;	O
namely	O
,	O
the	O
protagonists	O
being	O
mutated	O
animals	O
named	O
after	O
famous	O
gods	O
in	O
Greek	O
mythology	O
,	O
like	O
how	O
the	O
latter	O
has	O
mutated	O
turtles	O
named	O
after	O
Italian	O
renaissance	O
artists	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
closing	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
nothing	O
else	O
came	O
of	O
the	O
name	O
beyond	O
three	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
planned	O
for	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
third	O
one	O
being	O
on	O
a	O
new	O
console	O
called	O
the	O
Action	O
Gamemaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
man	O
called	O
the	O
"	O
Action	O
Gamemaster	O
"	O
is	O
depicted	O
in	O
the	O
first	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
game	O
's	O
intro	O
sequence	O
,	O
which	O
serves	O
as	O
a	O
framing	O
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
man	O
is	O
shown	O
playing	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
when	O
he	O
is	O
abruptly	O
pulled	O
into	O
his	O
television	O
by	O
a	O
robotic	O
arm	O
and	O
meets	O
the	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
never	O
referred	O
to	O
again	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
or	O
in	O
subsequent	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
titles	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
manual	O
implies	O
that	O
he	O
transforms	O
into	O
the	O
characters	O
,	O
one	O
after	O
another	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
backstory	O
is	O
provided	O
in	O
a	O
comic	O
book	O
that	O
was	O
included	O
with	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
NES	O
cartridge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
mad	O
scientist	O
named	O
Dr.	O
Morbis	O
kills	O
a	O
mother	O
cheetah	O
while	O
on	O
a	O
safari	B-Application
in	O
Africa	O
and	O
takes	O
its	O
three	O
cubs	O
to	O
his	O
laboratory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dr.	O
Morbis	O
responds	O
by	O
creating	O
an	O
army	O
of	O
various	O
human-animal	O
hybrids	O
(	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Sub-Humans	O
"	O
)	O
to	O
counter	O
the	O
threat	O
posed	O
by	O
the	O
self-aware	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
playable	O
characters	O
included	O
a	O
trio	O
of	O
the	O
titular	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
:	O
</s>
<s>
Apollo	B-Operating_System
–	O
Named	O
after	O
Apollo	B-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
ancient	O
Greek	O
god	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
,	O
he	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
to	O
question	O
Dr.	O
Morbis	O
 '	O
intentions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hercules	O
-	O
Named	O
after	O
Heracles	O
,	O
an	O
ancient	O
Greek	O
demigod	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aries	O
-	O
Named	O
after	O
Ares	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
ancient	O
Greek	O
god	O
of	O
war	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
White	O
Rhino	O
–	O
an	O
anthropomorphic	O
rhinoceros	B-Algorithm
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
Sub-Humans	O
"	O
created	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Morbis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
game	O
of	O
this	O
franchise	O
was	O
included	O
on	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
multi-game	O
cartridge	O
for	O
the	O
NES	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
inconsistently	O
titled	O
"	O
Cheetah	O
Men	O
"	O
,	O
"	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
"	O
,	O
"	O
Cheetamen	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
"	O
The	B-Application
Cheetahmen	I-Application
"	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
selection	O
screen	O
,	O
title	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
marketing	O
materials	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gameplay	O
consists	O
of	O
six	O
levels	O
,	O
two	O
for	O
each	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
in-game	O
enemies	O
are	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
cartridge	O
,	O
including	O
Satan	O
Hosain	O
parody	O
of	O
Iraqi	O
dictator	O
Saddam	O
Hussein	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
plans	O
for	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
II	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
completed	O
(	O
6	O
of	O
10	O
proposed	O
levels	O
were	O
made	O
)	O
and	O
was	O
never	O
officially	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
copies	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
reused	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
cartridges	O
,	O
some	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
gold	O
sticker	O
reading	O
""	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
II	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
again	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
(	O
Aries	O
,	O
Apollo	B-Operating_System
and	O
Hercules	O
)	O
;	O
after	O
defeating	O
a	O
boss	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
level	O
,	O
they	O
switch	O
to	O
the	O
next	O
Cheetahman	O
for	O
the	O
following	O
two	O
levels	O
,	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
Action	B-Application
52	I-Application
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
fixed	O
"	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
titled	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
II	O
:	O
The	O
Lost	O
Levels	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Greg	O
Pabich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
Cheetahmen	B-Application
III	O
,	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
exclusively	O
for	O
the	O
Action	O
Gamemaster	O
,	O
a	O
handheld	O
multi-cartridge	O
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
clone	O
console	O
also	O
being	O
developed	O
by	O
Active	B-Application
Enterprises	I-Application
named	O
after	O
the	O
intro	O
character	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
announced	O
at	O
the	O
1994	O
's	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
was	O
to	O
have	O
been	O
in	O
the	O
sense	O
of	O
Nintendo	O
's	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
Lynx	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
with	O
much	O
greater	O
aspirations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
would	O
have	O
featured	O
compatibility	O
with	O
the	O
NES	O
,	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
and	O
SNES	B-Application
cartridge	O
games	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
games	O
,	O
via	O
separate	O
modules	O
that	O
would	O
be	O
interchangeable	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
and	O
were	O
to	O
retail	O
individually	O
despite	O
concerns	O
of	O
the	O
system	O
being	O
too	O
large	O
and	O
cumbersome	O
to	O
handle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
console	O
are	O
vaporware	B-Application
,	O
with	O
no	O
official	O
word	O
on	O
their	O
cancellation	O
,	O
likely	O
due	O
to	O
Active	O
closing	O
their	O
doors	O
to	O
the	O
gaming	O
market	O
entirely	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
