<s>
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
by	O
EPG	O
Multimedia	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
is	O
a	O
digital	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
novel	O
in	O
eight	O
episodic	O
chapters	O
that	O
explores	O
a	O
murder	O
mystery	O
spanning	O
ten	O
centuries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
became	O
the	O
first	O
completely	O
original	O
interactive	O
project	O
the	O
EPG	O
undertook	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
a	O
shoestring	O
budget	O
to	O
counteract	O
the	O
pattern	O
of	O
startup	O
developers	O
being	O
at	O
great	O
financial	O
risk	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPG	O
developed	O
the	O
eight-episode	O
interactive	O
novel	O
in	O
Macromedia	B-Operating_System
Director	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
soundtrack	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
dubbed	O
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
Suite	O
,	O
was	O
produced	O
and	O
performed	O
by	O
Kimara	O
Sajn	O
(	O
with	O
Vince	O
Peddle	O
on	O
guitar	O
in	O
one	O
piece	O
)	O
and	O
recorded	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
episodic	O
run	O
on	O
LAUNCH	O
,	O
the	O
developers	O
published	O
a	O
single	O
CD-ROM	O
for	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
Windows	O
with	O
the	O
entire	O
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
narrative	O
including	O
a	O
"	O
bonus	O
"	O
episode	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
also	O
published	O
by	O
LAUNCH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EPG	O
Multimedia	O
partnered	O
with	O
Crosswater	O
(	O
the	O
CD-ROM	O
production	O
unit	O
of	O
the	O
UK-based	O
Clearwater	O
group	O
)	O
to	O
make	O
plans	O
to	O
market	O
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
to	O
translate	O
it	O
into	O
French	O
and	O
German	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
The	B-Application
Cypher	I-Application
and	O
S.P.I.T.E.	O
</s>
<s>
Maclopedia	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
The	O
Residents’	O
Bad	B-Application
Day	I-Application
on	I-Application
the	I-Application
Midway	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Dark	I-Application
Eye	I-Application
,	O
both	O
from	O
Inscape	O
.	O
</s>
