<s>
Labyrinth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1986	B-Application
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
find	O
and	O
defeat	O
the	O
main	O
antagonist	O
,	O
Jareth	O
,	O
within	O
13	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
adventure	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
Labyrinth	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Labyrinth	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
adventure	B-Application
game	I-Application
created	I-Application
by	I-Application
Lucasfilm	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
led	O
by	O
designer	O
David	O
Fox	O
,	O
who	O
invented	O
its	O
word	O
wheels	O
to	O
avoid	O
the	O
text	B-Application
parsers	I-Application
and	O
syntax	O
guessing	O
typical	O
of	O
text-based	O
adventure	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
design	O
influenced	O
Lucasfilm	O
's	O
subsequent	O
adventure	O
title	O
,	O
the	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
is	O
entirely	O
different	O
from	O
another	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
movie	O
entitled	O
"	O
Labyrinth	O
:	O
Maō	O
no	O
Meikyū	O
"	O
(	O
"	O
Maze	O
of	O
the	O
Goblin	O
King	O
"	O
)	O
,	O
released	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Famicom	O
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
in	O
1987	O
,	O
developed	O
by	O
Atlus	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Tokuma	O
Shoten	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Labyrinth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Game	I-Application
is	O
a	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
maneuvers	O
a	O
character	O
through	O
a	O
maze	O
while	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
and	O
evading	O
dangers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
adaptation	O
of	O
the	O
1986	B-Application
film	O
Labyrinth	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
whose	O
events	O
and	O
characters	O
are	O
reproduced	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
locate	O
and	O
destroy	O
Jareth	O
within	O
13	O
real-time	B-General_Concept
hours	O
;	O
otherwise	O
,	O
the	O
protagonist	O
will	O
be	O
trapped	O
in	O
the	O
maze	O
forever	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
other	O
adventure	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
period	O
,	O
Labyrinth	O
does	O
not	O
feature	O
a	O
command-line	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Based	O
on	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
items	O
and	O
location	O
,	O
the	O
available	O
verbs	O
and	O
nouns	O
change	O
context-sensitively	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucasfilm	O
Games	O
began	O
to	O
design	O
Labyrinth	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Computer	I-Application
Game	I-Application
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Labyrinth	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
licensed	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
:	O
earlier	O
products	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Rescue	B-Application
on	I-Application
Fractalus	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
and	O
The	B-Application
Eidolon	I-Application
,	O
had	O
been	O
original	O
intellectual	O
properties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
conversely	O
disliked	O
the	O
genre	O
's	O
then-reliance	O
on	O
text	B-Application
parsers	I-Application
and	O
syntax	O
guessing	O
,	O
and	O
so	O
he	O
created	O
the	O
word	O
wheel	O
menus	O
as	O
a	O
replacement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
visual	O
design	O
was	O
shared	O
by	O
Lucasfilm	O
's	O
Habitat	B-Application
,	O
a	O
massively	B-Protocol
multiplayer	I-Protocol
online	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
under	O
production	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Afterward	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
sent	O
to	O
London	O
by	O
Lucasfilm	O
management	O
for	O
a	O
one-week	O
brainstorming	O
session	O
with	O
Douglas	O
Adams	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
The	B-Application
Hitchhiker	I-Application
's	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
to	I-Application
the	I-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adams	O
had	O
worked	O
previously	O
with	O
Infocom	O
,	O
during	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
his	O
book	O
's	O
1984	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
adaptation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Labyrinth	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1986	B-Application
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Labyrinth	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
adventure	B-Application
game	I-Application
produced	I-Application
by	I-Application
Lucasfilm	I-Application
,	O
which	O
became	O
a	O
critically	O
acclaimed	O
and	O
commercially	O
successful	O
developer	O
in	O
the	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
technology	O
and	O
mechanics	O
influenced	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
subsequent	O
title	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
,	O
whose	O
"	O
SCUMM	B-Application
"	O
engine	O
was	O
reused	O
in	O
many	O
Lucasfilm	O
adventure	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
Winnick	O
,	O
an	O
artist	O
for	O
Labyrinth	O
,	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
lead	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
with	O
Ron	O
Gilbert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fox	O
contributed	O
to	O
Maniac	B-Application
Mansion	I-Application
as	O
well	O
,	O
and	O
he	O
later	O
directed	O
Lucasfilm	O
's	O
Zak	B-Application
McKracken	I-Application
and	I-Application
the	I-Application
Alien	I-Application
Mindbenders	I-Application
.	O
</s>
