<s>
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
:	I-Application
Frontier	I-Application
Pharmacist	I-Application
is	O
a	O
comic	O
Old	O
West	O
adventure	O
computer	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Al	O
Lowe	O
(	O
of	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
fame	O
)	O
and	O
Josh	O
Mandel	O
(	O
of	O
Callahan	B-Application
's	I-Application
Crosstime	I-Application
Saloon	I-Application
fame	O
)	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
ran	O
under	O
both	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
both	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
versions	O
,	O
the	O
latter	O
having	O
full	O
voiceover	O
speech	O
for	O
all	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
concoct	O
prescriptions	O
for	O
Freddy	O
's	O
patients	O
using	O
recipes	O
found	O
in	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
,	O
an	O
1880s-era	O
pharmacist	O
in	O
the	O
town	O
of	O
Coarsegold	O
,	O
California	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
location	O
of	O
Sierra	O
's	O
headquarters	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
at	O
least	O
one	O
box	O
containing	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
states	O
"	O
Meet	O
the	O
Great-Great	O
Grandpappy	O
of	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
!	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
,	O
referring	O
to	O
Zircon	B-Device
Jim	I-Device
Laffer	I-Device
who	O
makes	O
a	O
(	O
belated	O
)	O
appearance	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
intent	O
may	O
have	O
instead	O
been	O
to	O
portray	O
Zircon	O
Jim	O
as	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
's	O
great-great-great	O
uncle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Al	O
Lowe	O
has	O
said	O
that	O
he	O
considers	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
one	O
of	O
his	O
funniest	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Mandel	O
was	O
a	O
collaborator	O
on	O
several	O
Sierra	O
games	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Space	B-Application
Quest	I-Application
series	O
and	O
The	B-Application
Dagger	I-Application
of	I-Application
Amon	I-Application
Ra	I-Application
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Mandel	O
had	O
explained	O
in	O
a	O
commentary	O
the	O
reason	O
why	O
there	O
were	O
so	O
many	O
more	O
jokes	O
in	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
version	O
as	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
"	O
I	O
had	O
co-designed	O
,	O
directed	O
,	O
produced	O
,	O
and	O
written	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
version	O
;	O
there	O
were	O
no	O
plans	O
at	O
all	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
CD	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
sales	O
of	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
version	O
justified	O
a	O
CD	O
version	O
,	O
I	O
was	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
to	O
produce	O
and	O
direct	O
it	O
,	O
having	O
by	O
then	O
started	O
on	O
SQ6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
definitely	O
contains	O
its	O
share	O
of	O
scatological	O
humor	O
:	O
it	O
may	O
very	O
well	O
hold	O
the	O
distinction	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
computer	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
capture	O
a	O
horse	O
's	O
flatulence	O
in	O
a	O
paper	O
bag	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Ardai	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
in	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
is	O
the	O
Blazing	O
Saddles	O
of	O
computer	O
games	O
"	O
,	O
with	O
better	O
humor	O
and	O
puzzles	O
than	O
the	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
series	O
and	O
which	O
"	O
can	O
make	O
a	O
jaded	O
player	O
laugh	O
out	O
loud	O
frequently	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Al	O
Lowe	O
,	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
"	O
sold	O
well	O
into	O
six	O
figures.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
Torin	B-Device
's	I-Device
Passage	I-Device
"	O
had	O
a	O
reputation	O
as	O
failures	O
at	O
Sierra	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
explained	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
150,000	O
after	O
roughly	O
a	O
year	O
,	O
which	O
inspired	O
the	O
team	O
to	O
re-release	O
it	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Adventure	O
Gamers	O
named	O
Freddy	B-Application
Pharkas	I-Application
the	O
78th-best	O
adventure	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
