<s>
Zone	B-Application
66	I-Application
is	O
a	O
top	O
down	O
,	O
multidirectional	O
shooter	O
released	O
in	O
1993	O
for	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
compatibles	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
demoscene	O
group	O
called	O
Renaissance	B-Application
,	O
and	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Epic	O
MegaGames	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
shipped	O
on	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
could	O
bypass	O
MS-DOS	O
and	O
load	O
into	O
a	O
custom	O
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
of	O
a	O
mix	O
of	O
FM	O
synthesis	O
sounds	O
and	O
digital	O
samples	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
particular	O
method	O
of	O
music	O
creation	O
and	O
playback	O
was	O
unique	O
to	O
the	O
Renaissance	B-Application
demogroup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
songs	O
in	O
the	O
AdLib	O
soundtrack	O
were	O
arrangements	O
of	O
those	O
in	O
the	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
soundtrack	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
are	O
completely	O
different	O
songs	O
altogether.	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
,	O
separately	O
downloadable	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
available	O
for	O
owners	O
of	O
the	O
Gravis	B-Application
Ultrasound	I-Application
sound	O
card	O
featuring	O
high	O
quality	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
the	O
AdLib	O
soundtrack	O
,	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
Ultrasound	B-Application
's	O
tracks	O
were	O
completely	O
different	O
songs	O
,	O
whereas	O
others	O
were	O
arrangements	O
of	O
songs	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
AdLib	O
or	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reason	O
for	O
the	O
separate	O
"	O
GUS	O
"	O
music	O
download	O
was	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
Gravis	O
music	O
:	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
nearly	O
as	O
large	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
users	O
who	O
only	O
had	O
a	O
Sound	B-Application
Blaster	I-Application
or	O
AdLib	O
did	O
n't	O
have	O
to	O
waste	O
time	O
downloading	O
music	O
they	O
would	O
never	O
hear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zone	B-Application
66	I-Application
was	O
released	O
primarily	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
,	O
on	O
floppy	O
disks	O
,	O
and	O
CD-ROM	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
mission	O
was	O
released	O
and	O
distributed	O
as	O
shareware	B-License
by	O
GT	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
recommended	O
Zone	B-Application
66	I-Application
to	O
"	O
joystick	O
jockeys	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
occasional	O
thumb	O
twitchers	O
may	O
find	O
the	O
action	O
a	O
bit	O
much	O
to	O
bear	O
,	O
as	O
this	O
title	O
is	O
quite	O
intense	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
