<s>
Vortex	B-Application
is	O
a	O
3D	O
shooter	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Argonaut	O
Software	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Electro	O
Brain	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Nintendo	I-Application
Entertainment	I-Application
System	I-Application
in	O
September	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titled	O
Citadel	O
during	O
development	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
a	O
few	O
games	O
designed	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
of	O
the	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
powered	O
GSU-1	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
enters	O
the	O
Vortex	B-Application
,	O
to	O
save	O
the	O
Deoberon	O
system	O
,	O
retrieving	O
the	O
core	O
from	O
the	O
fierce	O
forces	O
,	O
the	O
Aki-Do	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
concept	O
of	O
Vortex	B-Application
fueled	O
unconfirmed	O
speculation	O
that	O
the	O
project	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
derived	O
from	O
an	O
unreleased	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Transformers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
2015	O
interview	O
with	O
Retro	O
Gamer	O
,	O
programmer	O
Michael	O
Wong-Powell	O
confirmed	O
that	O
Vortex	B-Application
and	O
Transformers	O
were	O
entirely	O
separate	O
projects	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
being	O
cancelled	O
during	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1994	O
,	O
Argonaut	O
Software	O
was	O
signed	O
as	O
a	O
third-party	O
developer	O
by	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
to	O
develop	O
games	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
port	O
of	O
Vortex	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
was	O
announced	O
at	O
Spring	O
ECTS	O
'	O
94	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
ultimately	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vortex	B-Application
was	O
criticized	O
for	O
its	O
difficulty	O
and	O
its	O
lag	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
common	O
for	O
Super	B-Device
FX	I-Device
games	O
of	O
its	O
type	O
.	O
</s>
