<s>
Time	B-Application
Bandit	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Maze	B-Application
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
written	O
for	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Model	I-Device
I	I-Device
by	O
Bill	O
Dunlevy	O
and	O
Harry	O
Lafnear	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
MichTron	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
TRS-80	B-Device
Color	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
and	O
Dragon	B-Device
32	I-Device
,	O
but	O
enjoyed	O
its	O
greatest	O
popularity	O
several	O
years	O
later	O
as	O
an	O
early	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
versions	O
were	O
ported	O
by	O
Timothy	O
Purves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
worlds	O
incorporate	O
elements	O
of	O
text	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
contain	O
gameplay	O
references	O
to	O
other	O
popular	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Pac-Man	B-Application
and	O
Centipede	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Harry	O
Lafnear	O
,	O
Time	B-Application
Bandit	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
Konami	O
's	O
1982	O
arcade	O
game	O
Tutankham	B-Application
and	O
was	O
originally	O
called	O
Pharaoh	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
versions	O
have	O
visual	O
similarities	O
to	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
,	O
but	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
was	O
released	O
in	O
late	O
1985	O
after	O
development	O
of	O
Time	B-Application
Bandit	I-Application
was	O
complete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Lafnear	O
,	O
he	O
found	O
out	O
about	O
Gauntlet	B-Device
from	O
friends	O
who	O
saw	O
it	O
at	O
an	O
arcade	O
and	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
Time	B-Application
Bandit	I-Application
clone	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
believes	O
neither	O
game	O
copied	O
each	O
other	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
similarities	O
stem	O
from	O
earlier	O
"	O
maze	B-Application
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
ups	O
"	O
such	O
as	O
Tutankham	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lafnear	O
estimates	O
that	O
75,000	O
copies	O
were	O
sold	O
,	O
mostly	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
of	O
BYTE	B-Application
named	O
Time	B-Application
Bandit	I-Application
his	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
for	O
September	O
1986	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
"	O
is	O
the	O
best	O
arcade-type	O
computer	O
game	O
I	O
have	O
ever	O
seen	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
reviewers	O
in	O
Antic	O
,	O
COMPUTE	O
!,	O
and	O
BYTE	B-Application
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
and	O
graphics	O
,	O
though	O
reviews	O
also	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
includes	O
no	O
music	O
and	O
has	O
minimal	O
sound	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
1990	O
in	O
Dragon	O
#158	O
by	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Patricia	O
,	O
and	O
Kirk	O
Lesser	O
in	O
"	O
The	O
Role	O
of	O
Computers	O
"	O
column	O
.	O
</s>
