<s>
Freefall	B-Device
3050	I-Device
A.D.	I-Device
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Total	O
ArKade	O
Software	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
2000	B-Application
by	O
VM	O
Labs	O
for	O
the	O
Nuon	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
only	O
eight	O
games	O
officially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nuon	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
title	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2019	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
an	O
originally-cancelled	O
port	O
for	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
was	O
unofficially	O
released	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
in	O
August	O
2019	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freefall	B-Device
3050	I-Device
A.D.	I-Device
is	O
an	O
action	B-Application
game	I-Application
where	O
the	O
player	O
controls	O
Commander	O
Alexander	O
Menon	O
,	O
a	O
cop	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
3050	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tony	O
Takoushi	O
,	O
a	O
veteran	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
as	O
a	O
game	O
developer	O
for	O
Sega	O
,	O
was	O
looking	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
project	O
when	O
his	O
friend	O
Jeff	O
Minter	O
(	O
who	O
was	O
developing	O
Tempest	B-Application
3000	I-Application
to	O
the	O
Nuon	B-Device
)	O
suggested	O
that	O
Takoushi	O
pitch	O
a	O
game	O
idea	O
to	O
VM	O
Labs	O
,	O
who	O
proceeded	O
to	O
approve	O
the	O
project	O
that	O
became	O
Freefall	B-Device
3050	I-Device
A.D.	I-Device
</s>
<s>
Takoushi	O
later	O
spent	O
time	O
working	O
for	O
Halfbrick	O
Studios	O
before	O
relaunching	O
Total	O
ArKade	O
Software	O
in	O
2012	O
to	O
produce	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Freefall	B-Device
3050	I-Device
A.D.	I-Device
was	O
first	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nuon	B-Device
by	O
VM	O
Labs	O
on	O
December	O
12	O
,	O
2000	B-Application
,	O
becoming	O
one	O
of	O
only	O
eight	O
games	O
officially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
in	O
January	O
2019	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
in-development	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
port	O
was	O
cancelled	O
in	O
2004	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
impending	O
release	O
of	O
the	B-Operating_System
Xbox	I-Operating_System
360	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
TAKS	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
cancelled	O
port	O
would	O
be	O
completed	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
April	O
2007	O
for	O
direct	O
purchase	O
through	O
TAKS	O
exclusively	O
,	O
however	O
TAKS	O
ended	O
up	O
handing	O
over	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
source	O
code	O
to	O
Australian-American	O
homebrew	O
developer	O
Dimitris	O
Giannakis	O
,	O
who	O
finished	O
programming	O
a	O
working	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
released	O
the	O
code	O
as	O
open	O
source	O
on	O
Archive.org	O
in	O
August	O
2019	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playing	O
the	O
Xbox	B-Operating_System
port	O
requires	O
a	O
modded	B-Device
Xbox	I-Device
to	O
run	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
considered	O
unofficial	O
homebrew	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GameFans	O
Eric	O
C	O
.	O
Mylonas	O
rated	O
the	O
game	O
80	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
,	O
saying	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
originality	O
and	O
ideas	O
may	O
just	O
set	O
a	O
new	O
precedent	O
in	O
game	O
design	O
"	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
controls	O
will	O
take	O
some	O
getting	O
used	O
to	O
because	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
for	O
an	O
analog	B-Device
controller	I-Device
with	O
numerous	O
buttons	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
64	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
Nuon	B-Device
console	O
ended	O
up	O
launching	O
with	O
standard	O
D-pads	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
in-depth	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
by	O
NUON-Domes	O
Kevin	O
Manne	O
was	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
unpolished	O
graphics	O
and	O
high	O
difficulty	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
the	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
,	O
the	O
techno	O
rave	O
soundtrack	O
and	O
the	O
very	O
original	O
concept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
for	O
Screwjumper	O
!,	O
while	O
calling	O
it	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Freefall	B-Device
3050	I-Device
A.D.	I-Device
,	O
GamesRadar+s	O
Greg	O
Sewart	O
was	O
very	O
critical	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
mentioning	O
it	O
"	O
sucked	O
"	O
and	O
how	O
"	O
no	O
one	O
bothered	O
playing	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
few	O
minutes	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Nuon	B-Device
version	O
sold	O
less	O
than	O
10,000	O
units	O
.	O
</s>
