<s>
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1997	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
book	O
series	O
by	O
author	O
Spider	O
Robinson	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
follows	O
Jake	O
Stonebender	O
,	O
narrator	O
of	O
the	O
books	O
,	O
through	O
six	O
discrete	O
comic	O
science	O
fiction	O
adventures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Jake	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
solves	O
puzzles	O
,	O
converses	O
with	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
series	O
and	O
visits	O
locations	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Amazon	O
rainforest	O
,	O
Transylvania	B-Device
and	O
outer	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
began	O
development	O
at	O
Legend	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
direction	O
of	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
,	O
co-designer	O
of	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
:	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
Pharmacist	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
had	O
considered	O
adapting	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
books	O
since	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
an	O
answer	O
to	O
the	O
dark	O
and	O
violent	O
content	O
of	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1990s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
planned	O
as	O
a	O
self-published	O
title	O
,	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
switched	O
to	O
publisher	O
Take-Two	O
late	O
in	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
subsequently	O
mismarketed	O
as	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
Western	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
became	O
Mandel	O
's	O
last	O
project	O
at	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
penultimate	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
John	B-Application
Saul	I-Application
's	I-Application
Blackstone	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
(	O
1998	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
1995	O
,	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
secured	O
the	O
rights	O
to	O
develop	O
a	O
comic	O
science	O
fiction	O
adventure	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
stories	O
by	O
Spider	O
Robinson	O
,	O
and	O
chose	O
the	O
name	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
initially	O
as	O
its	O
working	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
,	O
designer	O
of	O
the	O
earlier	O
games	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
:	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
Pharmacist	I-Application
and	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
6	I-Application
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
's	O
chance	O
to	O
create	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
came	O
after	O
his	O
departure	O
from	O
Sierra	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
left	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
6	I-Application
because	O
of	O
his	O
distaste	O
for	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
changing	O
corporate	O
culture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
joined	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
a	O
studio	O
known	O
for	O
adapting	O
literary	O
licenses	O
,	O
and	O
proceeded	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
Mission	B-Application
Critical	I-Application
and	O
Shannara	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
's	O
core	O
goals	O
with	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
were	O
to	O
make	O
a	O
title	O
with	O
a	O
"	O
strongly	O
positive	O
theme	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
produce	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
paired	O
the	O
"	O
depth	O
and	O
playability	O
"	O
of	O
text-based	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
with	O
the	O
visuals	O
and	O
interface	O
of	O
a	O
newer	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mandel	O
,	O
Robinson	O
's	O
short	O
story	O
collections	O
also	O
supplied	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
episodic	O
structure	O
,	O
a	O
design	O
decision	O
he	O
believed	O
was	O
necessary	O
to	O
capture	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
November	O
1995	O
,	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
set	O
to	O
include	O
10	O
episodes	O
and	O
was	O
planned	O
for	O
a	O
mid-1996	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
adapting	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
books	O
for	O
computers	O
,	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
described	O
feeling	O
"	O
a	O
huge	O
responsibility	O
in	O
the	O
temporary	O
custody	O
I	O
had	O
been	O
granted	O
with	O
these	O
characters	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
part	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
terrifying	O
omnipresent	O
knowledge	O
"	O
that	O
its	O
protective	O
fans	O
would	O
be	O
critical	O
of	O
a	O
game	O
unfaithful	O
to	O
Spider	O
Robinson	O
's	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
books	O
 '	O
audience	O
was	O
small	O
but	O
passionate	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
alt.callahans	O
Usenet	B-Application
newsgroup	I-Application
was	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
1-2	O
%	O
most	O
popular	O
online	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
membership	O
in	O
excess	O
of	O
60,000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
any	O
particular	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
work	O
,	O
but	O
rather	O
used	O
the	O
books	O
as	O
a	O
starting	O
point	O
for	O
new	O
stories	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
only	O
locations	O
borrowed	O
directly	O
from	O
Robinson	O
's	O
writing	O
were	O
the	O
parking	O
lot	O
,	O
interior	O
and	O
roof	O
of	O
Callahan	O
's	O
bar	O
,	O
which	O
Mandel	O
populated	O
with	O
pre-existing	O
characters	O
from	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spider	O
Robinson	O
was	O
initially	O
uninvolved	O
in	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
;	O
he	O
requested	O
only	O
that	O
Mike	O
Callahan	O
not	O
be	O
depicted	O
as	O
thin	O
,	O
which	O
an	O
earlier	O
cover	O
artist	O
for	O
the	O
books	O
had	O
done	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
was	O
a	O
small	O
development	O
house	O
of	O
only	O
13	O
employees	O
when	O
Mandel	O
joined	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
team	O
reached	O
22	O
members	O
by	O
late	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
had	O
moved	O
to	O
Virginia	B-Application
to	O
join	O
the	O
team	O
,	O
and	O
lived	O
on	O
a	O
farm	O
in	O
the	O
countryside	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
worked	O
at	O
Legend	O
's	O
main	O
office	O
"	O
maybe	O
10-12	O
hours	O
a	O
day	O
,	O
5	O
or	O
6	O
days	O
a	O
week	O
"	O
during	O
the	O
first	O
half	O
of	O
development	O
for	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
later	O
described	O
the	O
writing	O
period	O
for	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
darkest	O
periods	O
of	O
my	O
life	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
he	O
was	O
suffering	O
from	O
a	O
deep	O
depression	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
Mandel	O
said	O
that	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
"	O
the	O
one	O
thing	O
that	O
I	O
had	O
any	O
drive	O
at	O
all	O
to	O
accomplish.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
displayed	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
at	O
the	O
1996	O
Electronic	O
Entertainment	O
Expo	O
(	O
E3	O
)	O
in	O
June	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
initially	O
set	O
to	O
be	O
self-published	O
by	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
company	O
began	O
to	O
transition	O
away	O
from	O
publishing	O
in	O
mid-1996	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
offloaded	O
sections	O
of	O
its	O
business	O
to	O
Random	O
House	O
's	O
RandomSoft	O
branch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
Legend	O
's	O
deal	O
to	O
develop	O
Unreal	B-Application
II	I-Application
in	O
October	O
1998	O
,	O
Bob	O
Bates	O
said	O
that	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
business	O
strategy	O
had	O
become	O
a	O
"	O
transition	O
from	O
 [ being ] 	O
a	O
middle-tier	O
publisher	O
to	O
a	O
top-tier	O
developer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1996	O
,	O
Legend	O
signed	O
the	O
publishing	O
rights	O
for	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
over	O
to	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
,	O
which	O
wanted	O
the	O
project	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
effort	O
to	O
expand	O
and	O
diversify	O
its	O
portfolio	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
October	O
,	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
set	O
for	O
a	O
January	O
1997	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Robinson	O
,	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
arrived	O
with	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
of	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
before	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
they	O
played	O
it	O
together	O
for	O
at	O
least	O
eight	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mandel	O
,	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
on	O
a	O
small	O
budget	O
,	O
and	O
Legend	O
's	O
situation	O
grew	O
"	O
very	O
bleak	O
financially	O
towards	O
the	O
end	O
"	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
creation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
preparation	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
Take-Two	O
incorrectly	O
advertised	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
as	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
Western	O
fiction	O
,	O
a	O
mistake	O
that	O
Mandel	O
claimed	O
had	O
occurred	O
"	O
because	O
nobody	O
at	O
the	O
company	O
 [ had ] 	O
bothered	O
to	O
play	O
it	O
—	O
or	O
even	O
ASK	O
what	O
it	O
's	O
about	O
—	O
before	O
publishing	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Calling	O
Take-Two	O
"	O
the	O
bottom	O
of	O
the	O
barrel	O
of	O
the	O
games	O
industry	O
"	O
,	O
Mandel	O
also	O
accused	O
the	O
publisher	O
of	O
failing	O
to	O
market	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
past	O
January	O
1997	O
and	O
of	O
creating	O
substandard	O
packaging	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mandel	O
,	O
Take-Two	O
mistakenly	O
produced	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
unfinished	O
beta	O
of	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
rather	O
its	O
completed	O
gold	O
master	O
,	O
an	O
event	O
he	O
later	O
called	O
the	O
worst	O
moment	O
of	O
his	O
game	O
career	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Spider	O
Robinson	O
,	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
failure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Poor	O
sales	O
meant	O
that	O
no	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
and	O
Robinson	O
,	O
a	O
Macintosh	B-Device
user	O
,	O
subsequently	O
never	O
played	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
after	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
was	O
pleased	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
reception	O
by	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Place	I-Application
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
the	O
66th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviewing	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
,	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
a	O
wonderful	O
,	O
wonderful	O
,	O
wonderful	O
game	O
"	O
that	O
"	O
left	O
me	O
with	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
biggest	O
damn	O
smiles	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
has	O
ever	O
put	O
on	O
my	O
face.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
,	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
quit	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
,	O
he	O
became	O
a	O
freelancer	B-Language
and	O
worked	O
for	O
other	O
companies	O
on	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Jagged	B-Application
Alliance	I-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
Crash	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Titans	I-Application
,	O
Insecticide	B-Application
and	O
Leisure	B-Application
Suit	I-Application
Larry	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reloaded	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
Legend	O
proceeded	O
to	O
release	O
its	O
final	O
adventure	O
game	O
,	O
John	B-Application
Saul	I-Application
's	I-Application
Blackstone	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
,	O
the	O
studio	O
sold	O
to	O
publisher	O
GT	O
Interactive	O
and	O
changed	O
its	O
focus	O
to	O
developing	O
shooter	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Unreal	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Awakening	I-Application
and	O
The	O
Wheel	O
of	O
Time	O
.	O
</s>
