<s>
The	B-Application
Rats	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	O
horror	O
text	O
adventure	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1974	O
novel	O
The	B-Application
Rats	I-Application
by	O
James	O
Herbert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
programmed	O
by	O
GXT	O
(	O
Five	O
Ways	O
Software	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Hodder	O
&	O
Stoughton	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
the	O
publishers	O
of	O
James	O
Herbert	O
's	O
book	O
The	B-Application
Rats	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
version	O
was	O
planned	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
get	O
ten	O
available	O
researchers	O
to	O
develop	O
addition	O
weapons	O
,	O
defences	O
and	O
super	O
weapons	O
to	O
keep	O
the	B-Application
rats	I-Application
at	O
bay	O
and	O
to	O
provide	O
useful	O
information	O
to	O
progress	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Rats	I-Application
was	O
well-received	O
on	O
release	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
,	O
gaining	O
a	O
5-star	O
rating	O
in	O
Sinclair	O
User	O
,	O
a	O
4-star	O
rating	O
in	O
Popular	O
Computing	O
Weekly	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
5-star	O
rating	O
in	O
ZX	O
Computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Video	O
Games	O
Around	O
the	O
World	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Rats	I-Application
is	O
described	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
horror	O
games	O
,	O
being	O
games	O
that	O
seek	O
to	O
frighten	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
