<s>
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
HyperBole	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Fox	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
in	O
1998	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
series	O
The	O
X-Files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
story	O
follows	O
a	O
young	O
Seattle-based	O
FBI	O
agent	O
named	O
Craig	B-Application
Willmore	I-Application
(	O
played	O
by	O
Jordan	O
Lee	O
Williams	O
)	O
who	O
is	O
assigned	O
by	O
Assistant	O
Director	O
Walter	O
Skinner	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
disappearance	O
of	O
agents	O
Fox	O
Mulder	O
and	O
Dana	O
Scully	O
,	O
who	O
were	O
last	O
seen	O
in	O
the	O
Everett	O
,	O
Washington	O
area	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
follow	O
their	O
trail	O
,	O
Agent	O
Willmore	O
must	O
use	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
tools	O
along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
including	O
night	O
vision	O
goggles	O
,	O
a	O
digital	O
camera	O
,	O
PDA	O
(	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
)	O
,	O
and	O
lock	O
picks	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
law	O
enforcement	O
gear	O
such	O
as	O
an	O
evidence	O
kit	O
,	O
standard-issue	O
handgun	O
,	O
handcuffs	O
,	O
and	O
even	O
his	O
badge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
screenplay	O
for	O
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
written	O
by	O
Richard	O
Dowdy	O
,	O
Greg	O
Roach	O
and	O
Frank	O
Spotnitz	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
story	O
by	O
Chris	O
Carter	O
and	O
Frank	O
Spotnitz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
uses	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
,	O
uses	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
technology	O
called	O
Virtual	O
Cinema	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
cut	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
's	O
design	O
document	O
was	O
over	O
1000	O
pages	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
shooting	O
script	O
was	O
748+	O
pages	O
,	O
written	O
using	O
FileMaker	B-Application
Pro	I-Application
due	O
to	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
options	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
filmed	O
on	O
Digital	O
Betacam	O
tape	O
with	O
Sony	O
cameras	O
and	O
captured	O
using	O
Power	B-Device
Macintoshes	I-Device
running	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Premiere	I-Operating_System
and	O
Media	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
displayed	O
at	O
the	O
1996	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
(	O
E3	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
the	O
ninth-best-selling	O
computer	O
title	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
during	O
June	O
1998	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
average	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
$42	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
July	O
,	O
the	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
had	O
sold	O
64,680	O
copies	O
and	O
earned	O
$	O
2,769,311	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
alone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
HyperBole	O
's	O
Jason	O
VandenBerghe	O
,	O
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
made	O
it	O
into	O
"	O
the	O
top-10-bestseller	O
lists	O
in	O
most	O
territories	O
it	O
shipped	O
to.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Total	O
sales	O
of	O
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
reached	O
roughly	O
one	O
million	O
copies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
wrote	O
that	O
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Games	I-Application
"	O
excellent	O
use	O
of	O
QuickTime	O
video	O
is	O
offset	O
by	O
tediously	O
slow	O
sections.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
X-Files	I-Application
Game	I-Application
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Academy	O
of	O
Interactive	O
Arts	O
&	O
Sciences	O
 '	O
1999	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Outstanding	O
Achievement	O
in	O
Character	O
or	O
Story	O
Development	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
lost	O
these	O
prizes	O
to	O
Grim	B-Application
Fandango	I-Application
and	O
Pokémon	B-Application
Red	I-Application
and	I-Application
Blue	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Lundrigan	O
reviewed	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
two	O
stars	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Although	O
well	O
produced	O
and	O
faithful	O
to	O
its	O
source	O
,	O
X-Files	O
just	O
demonstrates	O
that	O
even	O
the	O
best	O
FMV	B-Application
adventure	I-Application
games	I-Application
still	O
are	O
n't	O
great	O
games.	O
"	O
</s>
