<s>
Buzz	B-Application
Aldrin	I-Application
's	I-Application
Race	I-Application
Into	I-Application
Space	I-Application
,	O
frequently	O
abbreviated	O
BARIS	B-Application
,	O
is	O
a	O
1993	B-Application
space	O
simulation	O
strategy	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Strategic	O
Visions	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
as	O
a	O
computer	O
version	O
of	O
LIFTOFF	O
!,	O
a	O
1989	O
board	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Fritz	B-Application
Bronner	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BARIS	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
1994	B-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
incorporating	O
the	O
earlier	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
version	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
updates	O
,	O
improved	O
video	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
launches	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Buzz	B-Application
Aldrin	I-Application
's	I-Application
Race	I-Application
Into	I-Application
Space	I-Application
has	O
two	O
sides	O
,	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
the	O
Soviet	O
Union	O
,	O
unlike	O
LIFTOFF	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Historical	O
milestones	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
range	O
from	O
launching	O
a	O
satellite	B-Application
,	O
like	O
Sputnik	O
1	O
,	O
to	O
conducting	O
a	O
lunar	O
orbital	O
mission	O
,	O
like	O
Apollo	O
8	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
heart	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
the	O
space	O
missions	O
,	O
which	O
come	O
down	O
to	O
dice	B-Language
rolls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Placing	O
a	O
satellite	B-Application
in	O
orbit	O
has	O
three	O
steps	O
,	O
while	O
a	O
Moon	O
landing	O
can	O
have	O
well	O
over	O
twenty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
with	O
Task	O
Force	O
Games	O
,	O
Fritz	B-Application
Bronner	I-Application
had	O
considered	O
making	O
a	O
computer	O
version	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
find	O
much	O
interest	O
within	O
Task	O
Force	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
initially	O
decided	O
to	O
program	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
released	O
a	O
videotape	O
demo	O
on	O
that	O
platform	O
in	O
June	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
by	O
September	O
they	O
concluded	O
that	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
market	O
was	O
shrinking	O
and	O
decided	O
to	O
change	O
platforms	O
to	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatible	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Strategic	O
Visions	O
and	O
Interplay	O
showed	O
a	O
demo	O
of	O
Buzz	B-Application
Aldrin	I-Application
's	I-Application
Race	I-Application
Into	I-Application
Space	I-Application
at	O
the	O
1992	O
Consumer	O
Electronics	O
Show	O
in	O
Las	O
Vegas	O
,	O
Nevada	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
held	O
a	O
reception	O
at	O
Caesars	O
Palace	O
where	O
Buzz	O
Aldrin	O
spoke	O
about	O
his	O
experiences	O
in	O
the	O
space	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
the	O
informative	O
companion	O
to	O
the	O
manual	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
major	O
step	O
delaying	O
shipping	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1993	B-Application
,	O
Buzz	B-Application
Aldrin	I-Application
's	I-Application
Race	I-Application
Into	I-Application
Space	I-Application
was	O
ready	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
after	O
a	O
production	O
which	O
had	O
lasted	O
28	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
version	O
had	O
some	O
100megabytes	O
of	O
photographs	O
and	O
animations	O
cut	O
due	O
to	O
space	O
limitations	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
then-planned	O
modem	O
play	O
was	O
cut	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Immediately	O
upon	O
completion	O
of	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
version	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
work	O
began	O
on	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Interplay	O
's	O
Rusty	O
Buchert	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
produced	O
Descent	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BARIS	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
in	O
1994	B-Application
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
incorporating	O
the	O
earlier	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
version	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
new	O
updates	O
,	O
improved	O
video	O
of	O
the	O
mission	O
launches	O
,	O
and	O
new	O
multiplayer	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2005	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
bankruptcy	O
of	O
publisher	O
Interplay	O
the	O
developers	O
released	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
a	O
GPL	B-License
license	I-License
and	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
content	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
resulting	O
project	O
,	O
now	O
called	O
Race	O
Into	O
Space	O
,	O
is	O
hosted	O
on	O
SourceForge	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
and	O
additional	O
platforms	O
(	O
for	O
instance	O
Pandora	B-Device
)	O
,	O
with	O
some	O
improvements	O
over	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
at	O
SourceForge	B-Application
has	O
ceased	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
continuing	O
,	O
slowly	O
,	O
now	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
focuses	O
on	O
research	O
,	O
development	O
and	O
mission	O
planning	O
,	O
and	O
shares	O
many	O
features	O
with	O
the	O
original	O
BARIS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
is	O
much	O
more	O
detailed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
was	O
more	O
positive	O
,	O
wishing	O
for	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
but	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
"	O
game	O
that	O
should	O
appeal	O
to	O
anyone	O
with	O
even	O
a	O
casual	O
interest	O
in	O
space	O
exploration	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Choice	O
Awards	O
in	O
1993	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	B-Application
,	O
PC	O
Gamer	O
UK	O
named	O
Race	O
Into	O
Space	O
the	O
26th	O
best	O
computer	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
remained	O
popular	O
enough	O
with	O
fans	O
to	O
spawn	O
an	O
open-source	O
version	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
developers	O
at	O
Strategic	O
Visions	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
downloaded	O
from	O
SourceForge	B-Application
between	O
2005	O
and	O
2017	O
over	O
90,000	O
times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
this	O
,	O
BARIS	B-Application
still	O
features	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
pieces	O
of	O
hardware	O
and	O
approaches	O
to	O
Moon	O
landing	O
that	O
were	O
considered	O
,	O
including	O
lunar	O
orbit	O
rendezvous	O
(	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
strategy	O
used	O
successfully	O
in	O
Project	O
Apollo	O
)	O
,	O
Earth	O
orbit	O
rendezvous	O
(	O
though	O
in	O
a	O
different	O
form	O
)	O
and	O
direct	O
ascent	O
.	O
</s>
