<s>
Gadget	B-Application
:	O
Invention	O
,	O
Travel	O
,	O
&	O
Adventure	O
(	O
or	O
Gadget	B-Application
:	O
Past	O
as	O
Future	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
adventure	O
game	O
designed	O
by	O
Haruhiko	O
Shono	O
and	O
first	O
released	O
by	O
Synergy	O
Interactive	O
in	O
1993	O
,	O
following	O
his	O
earlier	O
works	O
Alice	B-Application
:	I-Application
An	I-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Museum	I-Application
(	O
1991	O
)	O
and	O
L-Zone	B-Application
(	O
1992	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
Shono	O
's	O
earlier	O
titles	O
,	O
Gadget	B-Application
uses	O
pre-rendered	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
and	O
resembles	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
similar	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
(	O
1993	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
a	O
strictly	O
linear	O
storyline	O
culminating	O
in	O
a	O
fixed	O
finale	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
thus	O
sometimes	O
tends	O
to	O
be	O
classified	O
more	O
as	O
an	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
rather	O
than	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
special	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Gadget	B-Application
:	O
Past	O
as	O
Future	O
,	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
on	O
four	O
CDs	O
in	O
1997	O
by	O
Cryo	O
Interactive	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
home	B-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
23	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
remastered	O
version	O
of	O
Gadget	B-Application
:	O
Past	O
as	O
Future	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
iOS	B-Operating_System
by	O
NTT	O
Resonant	O
Inc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rolston	O
gave	O
the	O
game	O
a	O
very	O
positive	O
review	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
I	O
'm	O
a	O
total	O
fan	O
of	O
Gadget.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Billboard	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
sleeper	O
success	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
attracted	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
in	O
America	O
,	O
leading	O
to	O
the	O
re-release	O
of	O
earlier	O
Shono	O
titles	O
Alice	B-Application
:	I-Application
An	I-Application
Interactive	I-Application
Museum	I-Application
and	O
L-Zone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Mexican	O
filmmaker	O
Guillermo	O
del	O
Toro	O
(	O
director	O
of	O
Hellboy	O
and	O
Pan	O
's	O
Labyrinth	O
)	O
,	O
Gadget	B-Application
was	O
"	O
very	O
influential	O
on	O
movies	O
like	O
Dark	O
City	O
and	O
The	O
Matrix.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Del	O
Toro	O
mentioned	O
Gadget	B-Application
as	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
games	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Cosmology	B-Application
of	I-Application
Kyoto	I-Application
,	O
Asteroids	B-Application
and	O
Galaga	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
tie-in	O
novel	O
titled	O
The	O
Third	O
Force	O
,	O
subtitled	O
A	O
Novel	O
of	O
Gadget	B-Application
and	O
written	O
by	O
Marc	O
Laidlaw	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
companion	O
volume	O
of	O
additional	O
art	O
and	O
background	O
plot	O
material	O
,	O
Inside	O
Out	O
with	O
Gadget	B-Application
,	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
a	O
DVD	O
entitled	O
Gadget	B-Application
Trips/Mindscapes	O
and	O
an	O
auxiliary	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
containing	O
videos	O
,	O
stills	O
,	O
previews	O
and	O
interactive	O
3D	O
models	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
'	O
Preview	O
and	O
Reprise	O
 '	O
.	O
</s>
