<s>
Frederik	B-Application
Pohl	I-Application
's	I-Application
Gateway	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1992	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
and	O
written	O
by	O
Glen	O
Dahlgren	O
and	O
Mike	O
Verdu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
sequel	O
Gateway	B-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Homeworld	I-Application
,	O
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
Legend	O
Entertainment	O
made	B-Application
the	I-Application
game	I-Application
available	I-Application
for	I-Application
free	I-Application
download	I-Application
from	O
its	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
century	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
,	O
humans	O
land	O
on	O
Venus	B-Application
and	O
colonize	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
arrives	O
at	O
a	O
huge	O
space	O
station	O
carved	O
out	O
of	O
an	O
asteroid	O
floating	O
halfway	O
between	O
Venus	B-Application
and	O
Mercury	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
full	O
of	O
thousands	O
of	O
similar	O
ships	O
,	O
but	O
otherwise	O
empty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
explorer	O
is	O
unable	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
return	O
to	O
Venus	B-Application
,	O
and	O
faced	O
with	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
supplies	O
,	O
figures	O
out	O
how	O
to	O
detonate	O
the	O
fuel	O
cell	O
of	O
the	O
ship	O
he	O
came	O
in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
they	O
were	O
unable	O
to	O
reverse	O
engineer	O
the	O
Heechee	O
technology	O
,	O
they	O
can	O
use	O
the	O
ships	O
 '	O
stored	O
destinations	O
and	O
the	O
station	O
becomes	O
humanity	O
's	O
"	O
Gateway	B-Application
"	O
to	O
outer	O
space	O
,	O
hence	O
the	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
co-operative	O
called	O
the	O
Gateway	B-Application
Corporation	O
is	O
formed	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
superpowers	O
each	O
holding	O
one	O
quarter	O
of	O
company	O
stock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Volunteers	O
called	O
prospectors	O
come	O
to	O
Gateway	B-Application
to	O
test	O
the	O
codes	O
and	O
pilot	O
the	O
ships	O
to	O
their	O
destination	O
,	O
explore	O
and	O
report	O
back	O
what	O
they	O
find	O
(	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
bring	O
anything	O
interesting	O
back	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
character	O
has	O
won	O
a	O
one-way	O
ticket	O
to	O
Gateway	B-Application
,	O
membership	O
as	O
a	O
prospector	O
in	O
the	O
Gateway	B-Application
Corporation	O
and	O
10	O
days	O
of	O
provided	O
life	O
support	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
small	O
amount	O
of	O
money	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
begins	O
as	O
a	O
Prospector	O
and	O
follows	O
procedures	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
know	O
Gateway	B-Application
better	O
and	O
afterwards	O
begin	O
exploring	O
Heechee	O
coordinates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exploration	O
in	O
one	O
such	O
planet	O
brings	O
a	O
Heechee	O
'	O
computer	O
 '	O
which	O
makes	O
him	O
rich	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
after	O
being	O
analyzed	O
by	O
the	O
Gateway	B-Application
Corporation	O
,	O
it	O
reveals	O
that	O
a	O
hostile	O
alien	O
race	O
,	O
dubbed	O
the	O
Assassins	O
threatens	O
all	O
advanced	O
civilizations	O
in	O
the	O
universe	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Heechee	O
managed	O
to	O
evade	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
he	O
will	O
meet	O
a	O
Heechee	O
artificial	O
intelligence	O
entity	O
and	O
also	O
an	O
electronic	O
Assassin	O
entity	O
which	O
will	O
trap	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
a	O
VR	B-Application
environment	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
Heechee	O
AI	O
's	O
guidance	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
tasked	O
to	O
escape	O
them	O
by	O
creating	O
paradoxes	B-Application
and	O
afterwards	O
upload	O
the	O
Heechee	O
AI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gateway	B-Application
shares	O
its	O
premise	O
with	O
Pohl	O
's	O
first	O
book	O
,	O
of	O
a	O
poor	O
space	O
prospector	O
who	O
arrives	O
on	O
the	O
eponymous	O
space	O
station	O
with	O
the	O
intent	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
dangerously	O
poorly	O
understood	O
alien	O
crafts	O
that	O
are	O
based	O
there	O
to	O
explore	O
distant	O
worlds	O
and	O
strike	O
it	O
rich	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
similarities	O
soon	O
end	O
as	O
the	O
game	O
introduces	O
original	O
elements	O
,	O
changes	O
(	O
in	O
the	O
novel	O
's	O
terms	O
:	O
travel	O
times	O
are	O
negligible	O
,	O
Gateway	B-Application
has	O
Earth-normal	O
gravity	O
,	O
all	O
ships	O
are	O
ones	O
and	O
bastard	O
control	O
panels	O
are	O
the	O
norm	O
)	O
and	O
material	O
from	O
the	O
later	O
books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Pohl	O
's	O
influence	O
is	O
felt	O
throughout	O
"	O
Gateway	B-Application
except	O
in	O
the	O
puzzles	O
,	O
which	O
were	O
"	O
pretty	O
good	O
"	O
but	O
based	O
on	O
"	O
the	O
last	O
decade	O
of	O
adventure	O
game	O
design	O
...	O
most	O
would	O
not	O
be	O
out	O
of	O
place	O
in	O
a	O
golden	O
oldie	O
like	O
Starcross	B-Application
or	O
Planetfall	B-Application
"	O
,	O
especially	O
the	O
"	O
jarring	O
and	O
inappropriate	O
"	O
logic	O
puzzles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
approved	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
sound	O
but	O
stated	O
that	O
he	O
mostly	O
ignored	O
them	O
because	O
"	O
Gateway	B-Application
is	O
essentially	O
a	O
text	O
adventure	O
with	O
amenities	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
Gateway	B-Application
was	O
"	O
good	O
enough	O
"	O
but	O
"	O
nothing	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
makes	O
it	O
compelling	O
"	O
,	O
predicting	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
will	O
most	O
likely	O
join	O
Rendezvous	B-Application
with	I-Application
Rama	I-Application
,	O
Fahrenheit	B-Device
451	I-Device
and	O
their	O
like	O
in	O
a	O
dusty	O
corner	O
of	O
adventure	O
game	O
history	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writing	O
for	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
,	O
Greg	O
Ellsworth	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
easier	O
than	O
Timequest	B-Application
and	O
Spellcasting	B-Application
101	I-Application
,	O
but	O
enjoyed	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
music	O
and	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
