<s>
The	B-Application
Running	I-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1987	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Emerald	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Grandslam	O
Entertainments	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Running	I-Application
Man	I-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	B-Application
beat	I-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
1987	O
film	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
is	O
chosen	O
by	O
host	O
Damon	O
Killian	O
to	O
compete	O
for	O
his	O
survival	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
game	O
show	O
known	O
as	O
The	B-Application
Running	I-Application
Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Running	I-Application
Man	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Emerald	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Grandslam	O
Entertainments	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sequence	O
is	O
set	O
before	O
Richards	O
starts	O
The	B-Application
Running	I-Application
Man	I-Application
as	O
he	O
tells	O
Killian	O
"	O
I	O
'll	O
be	O
back	O
"	O
,	O
suggesting	O
he	O
will	O
succeed	O
in	O
surviving	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
two-disk	O
set	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
introduction	O
sequence	O
getting	O
its	O
own	O
disk	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
each	O
character	O
has	O
a	O
minimum	O
of	O
20	O
frames	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
use	O
up	O
to	O
30	O
;	O
to	O
overcome	O
memory	O
constraints	O
,	O
special	O
encoding	O
methods	O
were	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Europe	O
in	O
1989	O
,	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
(	O
C64	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julian	O
Rignall	O
of	O
Computer	O
and	O
Video	O
Games	O
also	O
considered	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
barely	O
average	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
"	O
,	O
expressing	O
disappointment	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
considering	O
its	O
film	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gordon	O
Hamlett	O
of	O
Your	O
Amiga	B-Device
considered	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
substandard	O
"	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
,	O
while	O
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
consisted	O
of	O
"	O
repetitive	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
action	O
with	O
very	O
few	O
moves	O
to	O
choose	O
from.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Mark	O
Higham	O
of	O
ST/Amiga	O
Format	O
stated	O
that	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
only	O
five	O
levels	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
whole	O
thing	O
can	O
get	O
ridiculously	O
hard	O
ridiculously	O
quickly.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
,	O
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
wrote	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
makings	O
of	O
a	O
good	O
game	O
are	O
there	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
have	O
been	O
spoiled	O
by	O
frustrating	O
gameplay	O
and	O
poor	O
control.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Games	O
Machine	O
later	O
wrote	O
that	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
"	O
plays	O
just	O
as	O
badly	O
as	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
had	O
slightly	O
improved	O
control	O
but	O
negatively	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
still	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamlett	O
criticized	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
for	O
its	O
poor	O
joystick	O
response	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
C64	O
version	O
had	O
slightly	O
better	O
playability	O
than	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
but	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
just	O
as	O
sluggish	O
.	O
</s>
