<s>
Ironseed	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Channel	O
7	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
starts	O
when	O
the	O
eponymous	O
space	O
ship	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Ironseed	B-Application
,	O
"	O
flees	O
a	O
theocracy	B-Application
on	O
Mars	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
written	O
with	O
Borland	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
for	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
the	O
usual	O
hardware	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
like	O
many	O
software	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
a	O
buggy	O
CRT	B-Library
library	O
included	O
in	O
Turbo	B-Application
Pascal	I-Application
was	O
used	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
'	O
Runtime	B-Error_Name
Error	I-Error_Name
200	I-Error_Name
 '	O
messages	O
on	O
CPUs	O
faster	O
than	O
approximately	O
200MHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
running	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
modern	O
OSes	O
and	O
faster	O
hardware	O
needed	O
emulation	O
solutions	O
like	O
DOSBox	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
Runtime	B-Error_Name
error	I-Error_Name
200	I-Error_Name
"	O
bug	O
was	O
finally	O
fixed	O
with	O
a	O
fan	O
patch	O
in	O
2013	O
,	O
almost	O
20	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
original	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
unavailable	O
commercially	O
for	O
many	O
years	O
it	O
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
freeware	B-License
around	O
2003	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
successor	O
Ironseed	B-Application
II	O
/	O
Ironseed	B-Application
Reborn	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
progress	O
on	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
the	O
successor	O
and	O
further	O
patching	O
of	O
Ironseed	B-Application
was	O
unlikely	O
,	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
of	O
"	O
Ironseed	B-Application
1	O
"	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
the	O
developers	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
under	O
the	O
GPL	B-License
in	O
March	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
version	O
1.30.0001	O
was	O
put	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
time	O
including	O
the	O
graphic	O
assets	O
and	O
sound	O
effects	O
under	O
GPL	B-License
,	O
but	O
the	O
commercial	O
DMP	O
sound	O
module	O
stripped	O
out	O
to	O
comply	O
with	O
its	O
license	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
Morgan	O
redistributes	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
on	O
his	O
personal	O
website	O
and	O
also	O
the	O
freeware	B-License
release	O
included	O
the	O
soundtrack	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
availability	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
,	O
a	O
Free	B-Operating_System
Pascal	I-Operating_System
and	O
SDL	B-Operating_System
based	O
port	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
became	O
available	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2015	O
the	O
Ironseed.com	O
mainsite	O
went	O
offline	O
without	O
warning	O
,	O
but	O
came	O
back	O
online	O
in	O
January	O
2016	O
under	O
a	O
new	O
ironseed.net	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
ARM-based	O
Pandora	B-Device
handheld	B-Application
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
previous	O
Linux	B-Application
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ironseed	B-Application
received	O
a	O
Top	O
Dog	O
award	O
from	O
Home	O
of	O
the	O
Underdogs	O
,	O
who	O
highlighted	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
replayability	O
through	O
the	O
random	O
planets	O
and	O
options	O
,	O
and	O
allowance	O
of	O
different	O
playing	O
styles	O
through	O
the	O
various	O
ship	O
designs	O
and	O
crews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
drew	O
comparisons	O
with	O
the	O
earlier	O
Starflight	B-Application
series	O
and	O
the	O
later	O
Master	B-Application
of	I-Application
Orion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
1995	O
the	O
Slovenian	O
computer	O
magazine	O
"	O
Megazin	O
"	O
rated	O
Ironseed	B-Application
63	O
of	O
100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2017	O
Rock	O
Paper	O
Shotgun'''s	O
Adam	O
Smith	O
revisited	O
Ironseed	B-Application
,	O
compared	O
it	O
to	O
Star	B-Application
Control	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Captain	B-Device
Blood	I-Device
,	O
Have	O
You	O
Played	O
…	O
Iron	B-Application
Seed	I-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
by	O
Adam	O
Smith	O
on	O
Rock	O
,	O
Paper	O
,	O
Shotgun	O
(	O
March	O
21st	O
,	O
2017	O
)	O
and	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
weird	O
,	O
trippy	O
sci-fi	O
that	O
blew	O
my	O
tiny	O
mind	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
little	O
bit	O
Space	B-Application
Rangers	I-Application
,	O
a	O
little	O
bit	O
Star	B-Application
Control	I-Application
and	O
just	O
a	O
teensy	O
bit	O
FTL.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ironseed	B-Application
,	O
website	O
of	O
programmer	O
Robert	O
W	O
.	O
Morgan	O
.	O
</s>
