<s>
Toxic	B-Application
Crusaders	I-Application
refers	O
to	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
side-scrolling	O
,	O
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
,	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
platform	O
video	O
games	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
American	O
cartoon	O
series	O
Toxic	B-Application
Crusaders	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Troma	O
Entertainment	O
's	O
1984	O
film	O
The	O
Toxic	O
Avenger	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
were	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
Entertainment	O
System	O
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
and	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
,	O
respectively	O
by	O
TOSE	O
,	O
Realtime	O
Associates	O
,	O
and	O
Infogrames	O
,	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bandai	O
released	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
games	O
,	O
while	O
Sega	O
handled	O
the	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Super	B-Application
NES	I-Application
version	O
was	O
planned	O
by	O
Bandai	O
around	O
at	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
with	O
the	O
NES	O
and	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
versions	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
for	O
unknown	O
reasons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
version	O
is	O
a	O
rare	O
collector	O
's	O
item	O
,	O
fetching	O
prices	O
of	O
up	O
to	O
US$500	O
on	O
auction	O
sites	O
for	O
a	O
complete	O
copy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Lloyd	O
Kaufman	O
,	O
the	O
director	O
of	O
the	O
film	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
,	O
appeared	O
on	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
Angry	O
Video	O
Game	O
Nerd	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
various	O
Toxic	B-Application
Crusaders	I-Application
game	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
new	O
Toxic	B-Application
Crusaders	I-Application
game	O
,	O
unrelated	O
to	O
the	O
1992	O
releases	O
,	O
is	O
scheduled	O
for	O
release	O
in	O
2023	O
.	O
</s>
