<s>
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
American	I-Application
Cross-Country	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Race	I-Application
(	O
UK	O
re-release	O
title	O
:	O
American	O
Road	O
Race	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
racing	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Alex	O
DeMeo	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
in	O
part	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
an	O
earlier	O
Activision	O
game	O
Enduro	B-Application
,	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
console	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
design	O
,	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
expanded	O
to	O
fit	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Great	I-Application
American	I-Application
Cross-Country	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Race	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
by	O
Alex	O
DeMeo	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
been	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
film	O
The	O
Gumball	O
Rally	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DeMeo	O
programmed	O
the	O
original	O
version	O
of	O
Road	O
Race	O
on	O
an	O
Atari	B-Device
800	I-Device
including	O
sound	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
some	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
title	O
sequence	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
introduction	O
screen	O
of	O
another	O
Activision	O
video	O
game	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Lamps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Info	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
three	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
feels	O
pretty	O
familiar	O
"	O
with	O
"	O
pretty	O
standard	O
"	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
,	O
and	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Turbo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
