<s>
The	B-Application
Lurking	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
was	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
sound	O
effects	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
first	O
Infocom	O
adventure	O
with	O
that	O
feature	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
document	O
is	O
now	O
mangled	O
beyond	O
repair	O
,	O
however	O
;	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
a	O
hacker	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
finds	O
that	O
the	O
file	O
has	O
been	O
partially	O
overwritten	O
by	O
the	O
Department	O
of	O
Alchemy	B-Language
's	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
unraveling	O
the	O
mystery	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
encounters	O
demons	B-Operating_System
,	O
zombies	B-Application
,	O
and	O
sinister	O
references	O
to	O
a	O
recent	O
campus	O
suicide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tech	O
,	O
is	O
an	O
obvious	O
nod	O
to	O
Infocom	O
's	O
Zork	B-Application
games	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
set	O
in	O
the	B-Application
Great	I-Application
Underground	I-Application
Empire	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	B-Application
Lurking	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
,	O
G.U.E.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
particular	O
,	O
the	O
Infinite	O
Corridor	O
is	O
a	O
central	O
feature	O
of	O
the	O
MIT	O
campus	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
door	O
marked	O
"	O
Department	O
of	O
Alchemy	B-Language
"	O
actually	O
exists	O
in	O
Building	O
2	O
thanks	O
to	O
a	O
late-20th-century	O
hack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
feelies	O
for	O
The	B-Application
Lurking	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
included	O
:	O
a	O
student	O
ID	O
card	O
;	O
"	O
G.U.E.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
24th	O
top	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
the	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
"	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
only	O
two	O
in	O
the	O
horror	O
genre	O
that	O
has	O
ever	O
seemed	O
genuinely	O
scary	O
(	O
Resident	B-Application
Evil	I-Application
is	O
the	O
other	O
)	O
.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1999	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
listed	O
The	B-Application
Lurking	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
as	O
number	O
35	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
50	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time	O
"	O
,	O
commenting	O
that	O
,	O
"	O
Literate	O
gamers	O
not	O
afraid	O
of	O
their	O
keyboards	O
will	O
find	O
an	O
amazing	O
world	O
inside	O
this	O
text-only	O
adventure	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Lurking	I-Application
Horror	I-Application
ranked	O
number	O
10	O
on	O
GameSpy	O
's	O
list	O
of	O
the	O
scariest	O
games	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
