<s>
The	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
shooter	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Alan	O
Smith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1988	B-Application
Macintosh	B-Device
release	O
came	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
,	O
one	O
in	O
color	O
and	O
one	O
with	O
black-and-white	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
released	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
black-and-white	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
1990	B-Application
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
was	O
in	O
color	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Previous	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
era	O
used	O
precomputed	O
views	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Sentinel	I-Application
,	O
or	O
fixed-perspective	O
graphics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Phantom	B-Application
Slayer	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
of	O
its	O
kind	O
to	O
let	O
the	O
player	O
move	O
freely	O
while	O
rendering	O
graphics	O
in	O
real	B-General_Concept
time	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
crash-landing	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
the	O
marshal	O
must	O
repair	O
their	O
damaged	O
ship	O
,	O
investigate	O
the	B-Application
colony	I-Application
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
discover	O
and	O
stop	O
an	O
alien	O
race	O
plotting	O
to	O
take	O
over	O
the	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
a	O
360-degree	O
circle	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
used	O
256	O
"	O
pseudo-degrees	O
"	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
to	O
rotate	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
perspective	O
using	O
only	O
one	O
byte	B-Application
of	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bit-map	O
graphics	O
were	O
drawn	O
using	O
MacPaint	B-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
2D	O
images	O
such	O
as	O
doors	O
,	O
letters	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Apple	O
logo	B-Device
were	O
crafted	O
using	O
the	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
standard	O
method	O
of	O
programming	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
to	O
use	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	B-Application
tools	I-Application
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
did	O
not	O
exist	O
when	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
was	O
initially	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Alan	O
Smith	O
completed	O
the	O
first	O
scenes	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
with	O
a	O
C	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
Softworks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Those	O
first	O
scenes	O
were	O
developed	O
on	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
with	O
only	O
128KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
a	O
single	O
floppy	O
disk	O
drive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
development	B-Application
tools	I-Application
were	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
allowing	O
Mr.	O
Smith	O
to	O
complete	O
his	O
work	O
using	O
the	O
Megamax	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
and	O
Lightspeed	B-Operating_System
C	I-Operating_System
compilers	B-Language
—	O
on	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
upgraded	B-General_Concept
to	O
512KB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
and	O
a	O
20MB	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
echoed	O
this	O
feeling	O
by	O
giving	O
it	O
a	O
51%	O
score	O
and	O
complaining	O
that	O
"	O
the	O
graphics	O
are	O
sketchy	O
and	O
unrealistic	O
and	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
repetitive	O
and	O
frustrating	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
named	O
it	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
in	O
1988	B-Application
,	O
however	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2000	O
listed	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
The	O
Top	O
Ten	O
Mac	O
Gaming	O
Thingies	O
of	O
the	O
Last	O
1,000	O
Years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orson	O
Scott	O
Card	O
,	O
who	O
disliked	O
The	B-Application
Colony	I-Application
,	O
wrote	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
