<s>
Through	B-Application
the	I-Application
Looking	I-Application
Glass	I-Application
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
Alice	O
,	O
was	O
a	O
1984	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Lisa	I-Device
and	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Written	O
by	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
and	O
Mac	B-Device
teams	O
,	O
Steve	O
Capps	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
video	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
platform	O
,	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
only	O
games	O
disk	O
officially	O
sold	O
by	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
during	O
that	O
era	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Alice	O
from	O
Lewis	O
Carroll	O
's	O
1865	O
novel	O
Alice	B-Application
in	I-Application
Wonderland	I-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
opposed	O
by	O
the	O
computer	O
playing	O
a	O
complete	O
set	O
of	O
chess	B-Application
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
25th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1981	O
,	O
Steve	O
Capps	O
was	O
a	O
core	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
team	O
working	O
on	O
printer	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
his	O
spare	O
time	O
,	O
he	O
wrote	O
Alice	O
on	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
and	O
started	O
demonstrating	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bruce	O
Daniels	O
,	O
manager	O
of	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
software	O
team	O
,	O
demoed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Andy	O
Hertzfeld	O
and	O
other	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
were	O
impressed	O
,	O
and	O
Daniels	O
suggested	O
that	O
a	O
Mac	B-Device
port	O
would	O
be	O
possible	O
if	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
team	O
lent	O
him	O
a	O
prototype	O
to	O
use	O
for	O
porting	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
soon	O
became	O
a	O
favourite	O
among	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
soon	O
started	O
agitating	O
for	O
Capps	O
to	O
join	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
team	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
a	O
key	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
team	O
this	O
was	O
not	O
possible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jobs	O
eventually	O
arranged	O
a	O
deal	O
that	O
Capps	O
could	O
move	O
after	O
the	O
Lisa	B-Device
was	O
released	O
,	O
which	O
occurred	O
in	O
January	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capps	O
became	O
a	O
key	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
team	O
,	O
working	O
on	O
the	O
Finder	B-Application
team	O
and	O
producing	O
several	O
pieces	O
of	O
early	O
software	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
"	O
Guided	O
Tour	O
"	O
diskette	B-Device
that	O
shipped	O
with	O
early	O
machines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
featured	O
during	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
in	O
the	O
spring	O
of	O
1984	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
while	O
progressing	O
to	O
commercial	O
release	O
,	O
they	O
discovered	O
that	O
the	O
name	O
"	O
Alice	O
"	O
was	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
a	O
database	B-Application
management	I-Application
program	I-Application
,	O
so	O
the	O
name	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
"	O
Through	B-Application
the	I-Application
Looking	I-Application
Glass	I-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
not	O
the	O
first	O
Mac	B-Application
game	I-Application
—	O
the	O
first	O
Macintosh	B-Device
shipped	O
with	O
Puzzle	O
,	O
a	O
built-in	O
Desk	B-Application
Accessory	I-Application
—	O
Through	B-Application
the	I-Application
Looking	I-Application
Glass	I-Application
remains	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
ever	O
written	O
and	O
published	O
directly	O
by	O
Apple	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
the	O
many	O
games	O
it	O
resells	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
was	O
fighting	O
the	O
perception	O
that	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
was	O
not	O
a	O
serious	O
computer	O
,	O
and	O
downplayed	O
the	O
game-playing	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
machine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alice	O
takes	O
place	O
on	O
a	O
conventional	O
chess	B-Application
board	O
,	O
shown	O
in	O
exaggerated	O
3D	O
perspective	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
computer	O
's	O
players	O
are	O
initially	O
laid	O
out	O
in	O
normal	O
chess	B-Application
fashion	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
"	O
far	O
end	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
board	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
attempts	O
to	O
"	O
capture	O
"	O
the	O
computer	O
's	O
pieces	O
by	O
landing	O
on	O
them	O
,	O
just	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
case	O
of	O
a	O
normal	O
game	O
of	O
chess	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Opening	O
the	O
front	O
cover	O
revealed	O
the	O
instructions	O
and	O
diskette	B-Device
within	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
instructions	O
printed	O
on	O
the	O
inside	O
cover	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
disk	O
also	O
contained	O
two	O
other	O
small	O
programs	O
written	O
by	O
Capps	O
,	O
an	O
on-screen	O
"	O
Dali	O
"	O
clock	O
program-cum-screensaver	O
that	O
morphed	O
digits	O
as	O
the	O
time	O
changed	O
,	O
and	O
Amazing	O
,	O
a	O
program	O
that	O
built	O
complex	O
mazes	B-Application
and	O
let	O
the	O
user	O
solve	O
them	O
by	O
dragging	O
the	O
mouse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
25th	O
anniversary	O
of	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
in	O
2009	O
Capps	O
re-released	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
AliceX	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
on	O
the	O
iTunes	O
Store	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
simplified	O
version	O
written	O
in	O
JavaScript	B-Language
is	O
available	O
on	O
Capps	O
 '	O
web	O
site	O
,	O
.	O
</s>
