<s>
X-Perts	B-Application
is	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
beat-	B-Application
'	I-Application
em-up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
Sega	O
of	O
America	O
and	O
released	O
only	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
the	O
Sega	B-Operating_System
Genesis	I-Operating_System
in	O
1996	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
spin-off	O
of	O
Eternal	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
starring	O
the	O
assassin	O
Shadow	B-Application
Yamoto	I-Application
,	O
who	O
is	O
depicted	O
in	O
her	O
design	O
from	O
Eternal	B-Application
Champions	I-Application
:	I-Application
Challenge	I-Application
from	I-Application
the	I-Application
Dark	I-Application
Side	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
high	O
profile	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
wave	O
of	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
games	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
heavily	O
panned	O
by	O
critics	O
as	O
having	O
dull	O
gameplay	O
and	O
poor	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
female	O
ninja	O
Shadow	O
leads	O
a	O
group	O
of	O
fellow	O
X-perts	B-Application
in	O
sabotage	O
and	O
other	O
various	O
missions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
alternate	O
timeline	O
in	O
which	O
Shadow	B-Application
Yamoto	I-Application
was	O
not	O
killed	O
by	O
the	O
Black	O
Orchid	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shadow	O
and	O
the	O
X-Perts	B-Application
embark	O
on	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
avert	O
the	O
crisis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
as	O
solid	O
as	O
the	O
premise	O
of	O
X-Perts	B-Application
is	O
,	O
the	O
execution	O
and	O
game	O
design	O
ranks	O
among	O
the	O
worst	O
in	O
recent	O
memory	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	O
were	O
in	O
his	O
assessment	O
above	O
average	O
for	O
a	O
Genesis	B-Operating_System
game	O
,	O
but	O
nowhere	O
near	O
as	O
good	O
as	O
Toy	B-Application
Story	I-Application
or	O
Earthworm	B-Application
Jim	I-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
