<s>
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
is	O
a	O
platforming	O
and	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Roman	O
Werner	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
fist	O
contact	O
with	O
videogame	O
was	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
Pong	B-Application
that	O
his	O
father	O
brought	O
back	O
from	O
a	O
trip	O
to	O
Taiwan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Werner	O
experienced	O
with	O
graphic	O
design	O
and	O
programming	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
first	O
know	O
is	O
the	O
Swiss	O
developer	B-Application
scene	O
as	O
music	O
producer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
he	O
started	O
working	O
for	O
Linel	O
,	O
the	O
only	O
official	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
publisher	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
,	O
for	O
who	O
he	O
made	O
demo	O
songs	O
for	O
the	O
software	O
SoundFx	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
title	O
music	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
Eliminator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
towards	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1989	O
that	O
Roman	O
Werner	O
decided	O
to	O
create	O
his	O
own	O
game	O
:	O
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
motivated	O
him	O
was	O
his	O
love	O
for	O
platform	O
games	O
and	O
the	O
desire	O
to	O
create	O
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
those	O
he	O
played	O
on	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
this	O
occasion	O
,	O
developers	B-Application
,	O
freelancers	O
and	O
business	O
partners	O
are	O
gathered	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
1993	O
,	O
after	O
almost	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
was	O
finally	O
finished	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
hiring	O
a	O
lawyer	O
,	O
the	O
creator	O
of	O
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
managed	O
to	O
recover	O
some	O
money	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
balance	O
sheet	O
is	O
not	O
very	O
pleasing	O
:	O
about	O
4,000	O
Swiss	O
francs	O
for	O
almost	O
four	O
years	O
of	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviews	O
of	O
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
in	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
Magazines	O
are	O
of	O
79	O
%	O
or	O
more	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
two	O
:	O
one	O
of	O
49	O
%	O
and	O
another	O
one	O
of	O
65	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
49	O
%	O
review	O
comes	O
from	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
is	O
unknown	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
negative	O
points	O
are	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
just	O
another	O
platformer	O
,	O
the	O
puzzle	O
solving	O
aspect	O
is	O
more	O
frustrating	O
than	O
intriguing	O
and	O
that	O
Jeremy	O
Flynn	O
dies	O
too	O
easily	O
when	O
he	O
falls	O
from	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
65	O
%	O
review	O
comes	O
from	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
even	O
tough	O
the	O
magazine	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
soft	O
"	O
for	O
their	O
game	O
ratings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Format	O
gave	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
82	O
%	O
,	O
Rob	O
Mead	O
,	O
the	O
author	O
,	O
recognized	O
nonetheless	O
the	O
difficulty	O
and	O
the	O
frustrating	O
side	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
but	O
for	O
him	O
it	O
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
challenge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
whose	O
philosophy	O
was	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
full	O
range	O
of	O
the	O
grading	O
scale	O
gave	O
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
79	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
was	O
also	O
awarded	O
game	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
by	O
the	O
German	O
Amiga-Magazin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
is	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
produced	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
Game	O
Design	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
is	O
mentioned	O
as	O
an	O
emblematic	O
Swiss	O
video	O
game	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
by	O
Memoriav	O
,	O
or	O
as	O
cult	O
by	O
the	O
swiss	O
newspaper	O
20	O
minuten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Traps	B-Application
'	I-Application
n	I-Application
 '	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
was	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
gamezFestival	O
in	O
Zurich	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
retrospective	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
days	O
of	O
Game	O
Development	O
in	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
