<s>
ThunderCats	B-Device
:	O
The	O
Lost	O
Eye	O
of	O
Thundera	O
or	O
simply	O
as	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
video	O
game	O
that	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
original	O
animated	O
television	O
series	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
by	O
Elite	O
Systems	O
Ltd	O
for	O
home	O
computers	O
including	O
the	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
NES	B-Language
version	O
was	O
announced	O
and	O
advertised	O
but	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
game	O
begins	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
shown	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
Mumm-Ra	O
,	O
the	O
Thundercats	B-Device
 '	O
main	O
villain	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
told	O
that	O
Mumm-Ra	O
now	O
has	O
the	O
Eye	O
of	O
Thundera	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
the	O
Thundercats	B-Device
 '	O
power	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
obtaining	O
the	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
license	O
,	O
Elite	O
Systems	O
contracted	O
Paradise	O
Software	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
it	O
;	O
they	O
also	O
started	O
to	O
develop	O
one	O
internally	O
,	O
in	O
case	O
Paradise	O
could	O
not	O
deliver	O
in	O
time	O
for	O
the	O
announced	O
Christmas	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Elite	O
then	O
acquired	O
a	O
near-finished	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
titled	O
Samurai	O
Dawn	O
from	O
Faster	O
Than	O
Light	O
,	O
and	O
modified	O
its	O
graphics	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
a	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Work	O
on	O
the	O
two	O
other	O
games	O
continued	O
,	O
but	O
Elite	O
had	O
only	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
one	O
ThunderCats	B-Device
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paradise	O
's	O
game	O
had	O
the	O
protagonist	O
changed	O
into	O
Sir	O
Arthur	O
and	O
pitched	O
to	O
Capcom	O
as	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Ghosts	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Goblins	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
idea	O
was	O
rejected	O
because	O
Capcom	O
was	O
already	O
working	O
on	O
Ghouls	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
Ghosts	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thus	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
modified	O
again	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
under	O
an	O
original	O
title	O
,	O
Beyond	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ice	I-Application
Palace	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Meanwhile	O
,	O
Elite	O
's	O
in-house	O
title	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
Bomb	B-Application
Jack	I-Application
II	O
,	O
despite	O
being	O
greatly	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
first	O
Bomb	B-Application
Jack	I-Application
game	O
.	O
</s>
