<s>
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Spanish	O
company	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
DROsoft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hoping	O
to	O
win	O
her	O
affection	O
,	O
Igor	O
surmounts	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
obstacles	O
in	O
an	O
effort	O
to	O
join	O
her	O
on	O
a	O
field	B-Application
trip	I-Application
to	O
the	O
island	O
paradise	O
of	O
Uikokahonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
officially	O
released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
Igor	O
behind	O
it	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
proceeded	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
highly	O
regarded	O
developer	O
in	O
Spain	O
via	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
and	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
controlled	O
with	O
a	O
point-and-click	O
interface	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
style	O
that	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
LucasArts	B-Application
adventure	I-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
interacts	O
via	O
a	O
mouse	B-Device
by	O
selecting	O
actions	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Look	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
Take	O
"	O
,	O
from	O
a	O
list	O
in	O
the	O
lower	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
conversations	O
with	O
other	O
characters	O
,	O
the	O
inventory	O
is	O
replaced	O
by	O
dialogue	B-Application
options	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igor	O
does	O
not	O
contain	O
character	O
death	O
or	O
dead-end	O
states	O
:	O
the	O
player	O
may	O
attempt	O
any	O
action	O
without	O
risking	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
conversation	O
,	O
Igor	O
learns	O
that	O
Laura	O
is	O
going	O
with	O
the	O
Biology	O
class	O
on	O
a	O
field	B-Application
trip	I-Application
to	O
the	O
island	O
paradise	O
of	O
Uikokahonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Igor	O
is	O
not	O
enrolled	O
in	O
Biology	O
and	O
cannot	O
afford	O
the	O
admission	O
fee	O
for	O
the	O
field	B-Application
trip	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igor	O
's	O
plans	O
go	O
awry	O
when	O
the	O
Biology	O
professor	O
catches	O
him	O
cheating	O
on	O
his	O
final	O
exam	O
,	O
and	O
Igor	O
is	O
barred	O
from	O
the	O
field	B-Application
trip	I-Application
to	O
Uikokahonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
he	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
improvise	O
by	O
smuggling	O
himself	O
in	O
a	O
crate	O
bound	O
for	O
the	O
island	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
parachutes	B-Application
down	O
to	O
Uikokahonia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
he	O
loses	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
items	O
from	O
his	O
inventory	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
boomerang	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reaches	O
Uikokahonia	O
to	O
find	O
Philip	O
acting	O
aggressively	O
toward	O
Laura	O
,	O
and	O
Igor	O
is	O
nearly	O
drawn	O
into	O
a	O
fight	O
,	O
but	O
his	O
boomerang	B-General_Concept
returns	O
and	O
knocks	O
Philip	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
originated	O
in	O
early	O
1993	O
when	O
Ramón	O
Hernáez	O
,	O
a	O
Spanish	O
programmer	O
of	O
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
became	O
interested	O
in	O
developing	O
his	O
own	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
's	O
members	O
had	O
been	O
students	O
together	O
in	O
college	O
,	O
and	O
Hernáez	O
and	O
Pinilla	O
—	O
another	O
business	B-Application
software	I-Application
programmer	O
—	O
were	O
childhood	O
friends	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Spanish	O
developers	O
like	O
Aventuras	B-Application
AD	I-Application
had	O
released	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
games	O
during	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
with	O
graphics	O
,	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
like	O
Igor	O
had	O
never	O
been	O
made	O
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
emulated	O
other	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
titles	O
from	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
especially	O
Indiana	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
of	I-Application
Atlantis	I-Application
,	O
although	O
Latiegui	O
and	O
Ramos	O
stressed	O
that	O
the	O
team	O
tried	O
not	O
to	O
copy	O
rival	O
games	O
directly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
began	O
by	O
creating	O
a	O
game	O
engine	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Pascal	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
proceeded	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
demo	O
for	O
Igor	O
and	O
display	O
it	O
to	O
prospective	O
publishers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
DROsoft	B-Application
and	O
Erbe	O
Software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Dinamic	O
Multimedia	O
bid	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
team	O
ultimately	O
chose	O
DROsoft	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spain	O
's	O
game	O
industry	O
had	O
thrived	O
in	O
the	O
golden	O
age	O
of	O
Spanish	O
software	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
16-bit	B-Application
era	I-Application
heralded	O
a	O
market	O
collapse	O
for	O
game	O
development	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DROsoft	B-Application
launched	O
Igor	O
in	O
summer	O
1994	O
,	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
and	O
exclusively	O
for	O
DOS	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Igors	O
character	O
graphics	O
were	O
redone	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
upgraded	O
engine	O
employed	O
protected	B-Application
mode	I-Application
and	O
featured	O
support	O
for	O
voice-overs	O
,	O
enhanced	O
scrolling	O
,	O
a	O
320x200	O
screen	B-General_Concept
resolution	I-General_Concept
and	O
other	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
country	O
by	O
Optik	B-Application
Software	I-Application
in	O
1995	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
this	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
retailed	O
for	O
720	O
pesetas	O
and	O
was	O
available	O
as	O
an	O
optional	O
purchase	O
alongside	O
the	O
paper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Optik	O
had	O
also	O
released	O
a	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Igor	O
,	O
complete	O
with	O
English	O
voice	O
acting	O
,	O
but	O
Agustin	O
Cordes	O
of	O
Just	O
Adventure	O
wrote	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
become	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
difficult	O
to	O
find	O
versions	O
of	O
any	O
game	O
"	O
by	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
HobbyConsolas	O
,	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
was	O
well-received	O
by	O
adventure	O
game	O
players	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
have	O
the	O
sales	O
success	O
as	O
Pendulo	O
Studios	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Micromanía	O
,	O
Enrique	O
Ricart	O
went	O
further	O
,	O
writing	O
that	O
Igor	O
was	O
of	O
a	O
"	O
quality	O
that	O
 [ had ] 	O
nothing	O
to	O
envy	O
"	O
from	O
international	O
competitors	O
such	O
as	O
Indiana	B-Application
Jones	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
of	I-Application
Atlantis	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Igor	B-Application
:	I-Application
Objective	I-Application
Uikokahonia	I-Application
,	O
PC	O
Manía	O
cited	O
the	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
developer	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
positive	O
trend	O
in	O
Spanish	O
games	O
,	O
which	O
saw	O
"	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
companies	O
join[ing]	O
the	O
slow	O
national	O
scene	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alejando	O
Alcolea	O
of	O
HobbyConsolas	O
retrospectively	O
highlighted	O
it	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
important	O
domestic	O
games	O
,	O
alongside	O
Pyro	O
Studios	O
 '	O
Commandos	B-Application
:	I-Application
Behind	I-Application
Enemy	I-Application
Lines	I-Application
,	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
after	O
the	O
Spanish	O
game	O
crash	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Their	O
second	O
game	O
was	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
(	O
1997	O
)	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
they	O
diverged	O
from	O
the	O
development	O
process	O
used	O
for	O
Igor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
calling	O
Igor	O
a	O
"	O
great	O
adventure	O
"	O
,	O
Francisco	O
Delgado	O
of	O
Micromanía	O
said	O
that	O
Hollywood	B-Application
Monsters	I-Application
"	O
was	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
really	O
brought	O
fame	O
and	O
the	O
mass	O
market	O
to	O
"	O
the	O
developer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Pendulo	O
saw	O
its	O
first	O
international	O
breakthrough	O
with	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Road	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
(	O
2001	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
suffered	O
major	O
distribution	O
setbacks	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
liquidation	O
of	O
publisher	O
Dinamic	O
Multimedia	O
,	O
which	O
nearly	O
bankrupted	O
Pendulo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
nevertheless	O
sold	O
over	O
600,000	O
units	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
which	O
stabilized	O
Pendulo	O
and	O
allowed	O
it	O
to	O
create	O
Runaway	B-Application
2	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Dream	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Turtle	I-Application
(	O
2006	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
followed	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
adventure	O
titles	O
Runaway	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Twist	I-Application
of	I-Application
Fate	I-Application
,	O
The	B-Application
Next	I-Application
Big	I-Application
Thing	I-Application
and	O
,	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
Yesterday	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
,	O
Pendulo	O
entered	O
another	O
period	O
of	O
financial	O
uncertainty	O
,	O
but	O
rebounded	O
with	O
Yesterday	B-Application
Origins	I-Application
in	O
2016	O
via	O
publisher	O
Microïds	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
collaborated	O
again	O
on	O
Blacksad	B-Application
:	I-Application
Under	I-Application
the	I-Application
Skin	I-Application
,	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
Spanish	O
comic	O
series	O
Blacksad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
during	O
the	O
Adventure	O
Developers	O
Online	O
Conference	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
