<s>
Timebomb	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1984	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
16K	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
published	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
CDS	O
Micro	O
Systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Timebomb	B-Application
is	O
a	O
clone	O
of	O
the	O
arcade	O
game	O
Check	B-Application
Man	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
moves	O
a	O
character	O
across	O
an	O
11	O
by	O
16	O
grid	O
of	O
tiles	O
with	O
the	O
goal	O
of	O
diffusing	O
a	O
timebomb	B-Application
occupying	O
one	O
square	O
of	O
the	O
grid	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
must	O
be	O
done	O
before	O
the	O
timer	O
on	O
the	O
bomb	O
reaches	O
zero	O
(	O
taking	O
about	O
five	O
seconds	O
)	O
Each	O
time	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
by	O
one	O
tile	O
,	O
a	O
note	O
of	O
Beethoven	O
's	O
Für	O
Elise	O
are	O
played	O
using	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
's	O
"	O
beeper	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
player	O
reaches	O
the	O
timebomb	B-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
removed	O
and	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
appears	O
in	O
a	O
random	O
location	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Diffusing	O
six	O
timebombs	B-Application
resets	O
the	O
tiles	O
,	O
increasing	O
the	O
screen	O
number	O
and	O
adding	O
one	O
"	O
boot	O
"	O
,	O
to	O
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
four	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Check	B-Application
Man	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
can	O
cause	O
a	O
horizontal	O
row	O
of	O
tiles	O
to	O
shift	O
left	O
or	O
right	O
,	O
minimizing	O
the	O
risk	O
cutting	O
off	O
a	O
route	O
to	O
the	O
bomb	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CRASH	O
magazine	O
's	O
review	O
described	O
Timebomb	B-Application
as	O
fun	O
,	O
noting	O
the	O
skill	O
required	O
in	O
using	O
the	O
tile	O
scrolling	O
feature	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
bomb	O
within	O
the	O
time	O
limit	O
.	O
</s>
