<s>
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
(	O
AR	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
unfinished	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Philip	B-Application
Price	I-Application
,	O
who	O
formed	O
a	O
development	O
company	O
called	O
Paradise	O
Programming	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
by	O
Datasoft	B-Application
,	O
AR	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
City	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
and	O
AR	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	B-Application
Gilbertson	I-Application
created	O
the	O
music	O
for	O
both	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stepping	O
through	O
the	O
gate	O
freezes	O
the	O
numbers	O
and	O
turns	O
the	O
player	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
person	O
,	O
putting	O
them	O
into	O
an	O
"	O
alternate	B-Application
reality	I-Application
"	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
Datasoft	B-Application
denied	O
that	O
the	O
series	O
would	O
end	O
after	O
The	O
Dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
late	O
90s	O
,	O
Price	O
intended	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
MMORPG	B-Protocol
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
called	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
Online	O
or	O
ARO	O
,	O
and	O
teamed	O
with	O
Monolith	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
tried	O
to	O
find	O
an	O
external	O
publisher	O
to	O
fund	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
technical	O
innovations	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
an	O
unknown	O
market	O
for	O
MMORPGs	B-Protocol
,	O
made	O
it	O
difficult	O
to	O
find	O
publishers	O
willing	O
to	O
risk	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Monolith	O
went	O
on	O
years	O
later	O
to	O
create	O
The	B-Application
Matrix	I-Application
Online	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
break	O
from	O
this	O
outline	O
was	O
when	O
Datasoft	B-Application
forced	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
The	O
City	O
early	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Dungeon	O
which	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
included	O
,	O
became	O
its	O
own	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nonetheless	O
,	O
the	O
design	O
planned	O
to	O
allow	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
move	O
between	O
these	O
games	O
,	O
so	O
that	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
when	O
one	O
attempted	O
to	O
leave	O
the	O
confines	O
of	O
The	O
City	O
,	O
one	O
was	O
prompted	O
to	O
"	O
Insert	O
disk	O
#1	O
of	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	O
The	O
Wilderness	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
planned	O
seamless	O
migration	O
never	O
worked	O
out	O
,	O
in	O
large	O
part	O
because	O
the	O
Datasoft	B-Application
developers	O
did	O
not	O
implement	O
the	O
idea	O
,	O
so	O
only	O
the	O
Atari	O
8	O
Bit	O
city	O
had	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
boot	O
sequels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
final	O
coding	O
of	O
the	O
sequels	O
was	O
done	O
by	O
Datasoft	B-Application
,	O
the	O
matching	O
code	O
was	O
not	O
put	O
into	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
sequels	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Atari	O
8	O
bit	O
dungeon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Wilderness	O
was	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
pilgrimage	O
to	O
find	O
the	O
truth	O
concerning	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
illusion	O
broken	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
would	O
find	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
way	O
onto	O
the	O
alien	O
ship	O
and	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
holo-world	B-Algorithm
upon	O
which	O
he	O
or	O
she	O
was	O
previously	O
trapped	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
could	O
escape	O
in	O
a	O
smaller	O
ship	O
(	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
massive	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
entertainment	O
world	O
)	O
and	O
go	O
back	O
to	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
has	O
a	O
raycasting	B-Algorithm
engine	O
similar	O
to	O
Wolfenstein	B-Application
3D	I-Application
,	O
which	O
came	O
seven	O
years	O
later	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
recognized	O
for	O
popularizing	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sides	O
held	O
the	O
compass	B-Language
at	O
left	O
(	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
had	O
one	O
)	O
and	O
directional	O
arrows	O
at	O
right	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
series	O
were	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
of	O
home	O
computers	O
,	O
but	O
were	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	B-Device
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
City	I-Application
and	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
were	O
both	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
the	O
feature	O
review	O
Dragon	O
#135	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
reviewers	O
gave	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
City	I-Application
3	O
stars	O
,	O
and	O
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dungeon	I-Application
stars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alternate	B-Application
Reality	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
City	I-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gamer	O
#12	O
and	O
got	O
a	O
value	O
for	O
money	O
rating	O
of	O
5/5	O
.	O
</s>
