<s>
Thief	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1981	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
that	O
is	O
extremely	O
similar	O
to	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
operates	O
a	O
car	O
being	O
pursued	O
by	O
several	O
blue	O
police	O
cars	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
maze	B-Application
that	O
is	O
supposed	O
to	O
represent	O
city	O
streets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
eight	O
mazes	B-Application
in	O
all	O
,	O
which	O
change	O
every	O
level	O
in	O
a	O
set	O
order	O
,	O
then	O
repeat	O
starting	O
with	O
the	O
ninth	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mazes	B-Application
can	O
have	O
up	O
to	O
three	O
side	O
tunnels	O
that	O
the	O
cars	O
can	O
use	O
to	O
go	O
from	O
one	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
few	O
have	O
no	O
tunnels	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
maze	B-Application
is	O
littered	O
with	O
dollar	O
bills	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
collects	O
by	O
running	O
over	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
several	O
(	O
usually	O
four	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
first	O
maze	B-Application
configuration	O
has	O
five	O
)	O
golden	O
dollar	O
signs	O
placed	O
throughout	O
the	O
mazes	B-Application
(	O
the	O
equivalent	O
of	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
'	O
s	O
energizers	O
)	O
;	O
hitting	O
one	O
of	O
these	O
causes	O
the	O
police	O
cars	O
to	O
temporarily	O
turn	O
red	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thief	B-Application
was	O
notable	O
for	O
using	O
tape-recorded	O
sounds	O
(	O
on	O
an	O
actual	O
tape	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
machine	O
)	O
masquerading	O
as	O
police	O
radio	O
communications	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
sound	O
effects	O
(	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
game-generated	O
sound	O
effects	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
in	O
a	O
continuous	O
loop	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
