<s>
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1983	B-Application
text	O
adventure	O
programmed	O
by	O
Pete	O
Cooke	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Richard	O
Shepherd	O
Software	O
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
is	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
British	O
town	O
of	O
Scarthorpe	O
,	O
a	O
particularly	O
grim	O
town	O
with	O
high	O
crime	O
and	O
unemployment	O
rates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
is	O
a	O
text	O
adventure	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
types	O
actions	O
in	O
verb-noun	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Richard	O
Shepherd	O
Software	O
's	O
previous	O
adventure	O
,	O
Invincible	O
Island	O
,	O
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
did	O
not	O
come	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
separate	O
"	O
help	O
program	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
,	O
Shepherd	O
instead	O
supplied	O
help	O
sheets	O
to	O
customers	O
who	O
wrote	O
in	O
asking	O
for	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
received	O
mixed	O
criticism	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
,	O
Urban	B-Application
Upstart	I-Application
consistently	O
sold	O
well	O
and	O
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
fondly	O
remembered	O
adventure	O
.	O
</s>
