<s>
The	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Palace	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	B-Application
1981	I-Application
horror	I-Application
film	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
same	I-Application
name	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
C64	O
versions	O
received	O
a	O
full	O
commercial	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
on	O
its	O
own	O
and	O
eventually	O
appeared	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
B	O
"	O
-side	O
of	O
Cauldron	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
officially	O
licensed	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
2000	O
's	O
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
:	I-Application
Hail	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
King	I-Application
,	O
several	O
other	O
Evil	B-Application
Dead	I-Application
games	O
have	O
since	O
been	O
released	O
,	O
albeit	O
from	O
other	O
publishers	O
and	O
with	O
no	O
direct	O
connection	O
to	O
Palace	O
's	O
1984	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
cabin	O
from	O
the	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
film	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
controls	O
Ash	O
,	O
and	O
must	O
close	O
cabin	O
windows	O
to	O
prevent	O
monsters	B-Application
from	O
entering	O
,	O
while	O
also	O
killing	O
monsters	B-Application
that	O
are	O
already	O
in	O
the	O
cabin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
player	O
defeats	O
monsters	B-Application
with	O
various	O
weapons	O
(	O
shovels	O
,	O
shotguns	O
,	O
and	O
axes	O
)	O
,	O
Ash	O
's	O
energy	O
level	O
decreases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
he	O
has	O
defeated	O
all	O
the	O
monsters	B-Application
,	O
Ash	O
must	O
obtain	O
The	O
Book	O
of	O
the	O
Dead	O
and	O
destroy	O
it	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
defeat	O
the	O
evil	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Your	O
Computer	O
magazine	O
's	O
1984	O
review	O
noted	O
then-contemporary	O
concerns	O
that	O
gaming	O
spin-offs	O
of	O
"	O
video	O
nasties	O
"	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
)	O
might	O
spawn	O
similarly	O
explicit	O
"	O
computer	O
nasties	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
Dead	I-Application
would	O
confirm	O
your	O
doubts	O
 [ .. ] 	O
there	O
is	O
nothing	O
here	O
to	O
keep	O
even	O
the	O
most	O
unworldly	O
12-year-old	O
awake	O
at	O
night	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
similarities	O
to	O
Atic	B-Application
Atac	I-Application
being	O
noted	O
,	O
the	O
review	O
was	O
generally	O
positive	O
,	O
considering	O
the	O
graphics	O
"	O
excellent	O
"	O
and	O
stating	O
that	O
there	O
was	O
"	O
enough	O
variety	O
in	O
it	O
to	O
keep	O
the	O
interest	O
alive	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
