<s>
Xenon	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1988	O
vertical	O
scrolling	O
shooter	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
The	O
Bitmap	O
Brothers	O
,	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
which	O
was	O
then	O
owned	O
by	O
Mastertronic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenon	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
in	O
1989	O
by	O
Xenon	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
Megablast	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Xenon	B-Application
was	O
quickly	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
:	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
arcade	O
machine	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
through	O
Mastertronic	O
's	O
Arcadia	O
division	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
Commodore	B-Device
Amiga	I-Device
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Xenon	B-Application
was	O
almost	O
universally	O
well-received	O
on	O
launch	O
,	O
with	O
reviewers	O
from	O
magazines	O
covering	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
platforms	O
all	O
scoring	O
the	O
game	O
very	O
highly	O
.	O
</s>
