<s>
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
1989	O
metapuzzle	O
video	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Cliff	O
Johnson	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Cinemaware	O
and	O
Inline	O
Design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
bearing	O
some	O
similarities	O
to	O
his	O
previous	O
game	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Fool	I-Application
's	I-Application
Errand	I-Application
,	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
took	O
place	O
inside	O
a	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3	O
attempts	O
to	O
repair	O
the	O
damage	O
caused	O
by	O
the	O
power	O
surge	O
and	O
make	O
her	O
way	O
back	O
to	O
the	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
,	O
providing	O
the	O
background	O
story	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
The	B-Application
Fool	I-Application
's	I-Application
Errand	I-Application
,	O
the	O
puzzles	O
in	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
are	O
rarely	O
traditional	O
puzzles	O
like	O
cryptograms	B-Application
or	O
word	O
searches	O
;	O
instead	O
,	O
the	O
puzzles	O
tend	O
to	O
take	O
full	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
possibilities	O
of	O
computer	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
developer	O
's	O
earlier	O
games	O
,	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
was	O
never	O
ported	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
only	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
now	O
freeware	B-License
and	O
can	O
be	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
author	O
's	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
was	O
reviewed	O
positively	O
in	O
Macworld	O
,	O
which	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
ultramodern	O
Alice	O
's	O
Adventures	O
in	O
Wonderland	O
"	O
with	O
an	O
"	O
obsessively	O
good	O
set	O
"	O
of	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
named	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
as	O
runner-up	O
to	O
Tesserae	B-Application
in	O
the	O
Best	O
Brain	O
Game	O
category	O
of	O
its	O
1991	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Game	O
Hall	O
of	O
Fame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
awarded	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
five	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
mice	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Cliff	O
Johnson	O
had	O
"	O
achieved	O
a	O
new	O
level	O
of	O
weirdness	O
"	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
variety	O
of	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
called	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
plot	O
"	O
a	O
bit	O
Tron-esque	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
abundant	O
humor	O
and	O
infuriating	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
named	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
best	O
game	O
in	O
its	O
1991	O
Editors	O
 '	O
Choice	O
Awards	O
,	O
ahead	O
of	O
Spaceship	B-Application
Warlock	I-Application
and	O
Spectre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Chicago	O
Tribune	O
named	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
the	O
best	O
brain	O
teaser	O
game	O
of	O
1990	O
and	O
said	O
that	O
it	O
surpassed	O
previous	O
Cliff	O
Johnson	O
games	O
"	O
with	O
superb	O
animation	O
and	O
intricately	O
connected	O
puzzles.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bob	O
LeVitus	O
recommended	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
as	O
a	O
mind-boggling	O
"	O
tour	O
de	O
force	O
of	O
animation	O
and	O
sound	O
"	O
in	O
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaming	O
historian	O
Richard	O
Moss	O
likened	O
the	O
visual	O
style	O
of	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
to	O
"	O
an	O
interactive	O
Saul	O
Bass	O
advertisement	O
"	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
puzzles	O
had	O
evolved	O
from	O
the	O
paper-and-pencil	O
adaptions	O
of	O
Cliff	O
Johnson	O
's	O
previous	O
games	O
The	B-Application
Fool	I-Application
's	I-Application
Errand	I-Application
and	O
At	O
the	O
Carnival	O
to	O
"	O
computer-native	O
"	O
designs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Bible	O
Guide	O
to	O
Games	O
said	O
that	O
Cliff	O
Johnson	O
took	O
his	O
brilliant	O
game	O
design	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Fool	I-Application
's	I-Application
Errand	I-Application
to	O
a	O
new	O
level	O
with	O
3	B-Operating_System
in	I-Operating_System
Three	I-Operating_System
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
better	O
puzzle	O
compilations	O
available.	O
"	O
</s>
