<s>
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Meretzky	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1986	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
PCW	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
bore	O
a	O
difficulty	O
rating	O
of	O
"	O
Standard	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
story	O
,	O
the	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
are	O
just	O
finalizing	O
their	O
plans	O
for	O
the	O
invasion	O
of	O
Earth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
Infocom	O
moved	O
into	O
its	O
Cambridge	O
offices	O
,	O
Meretzky	O
jokingly	O
wrote	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
"	O
on	O
a	O
large	O
chalkboard	O
that	O
listed	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
Infocom	O
games	O
that	O
were	O
in	O
release	O
at	O
that	O
point	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
when	O
Infocom	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1986	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
bankrupted	O
business	O
products	O
effort	O
,	O
Activision	O
president	O
Jim	O
Levy	O
was	O
much	O
more	O
excited	O
:	O
when	O
told	O
that	O
"	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
"	O
was	O
not	O
its	O
definitive	O
title	O
,	O
he	O
allegedly	O
responded	O
with	O
"	O
I	O
would	O
n't	O
call	O
it	O
anything	O
else	O
!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Infocom	O
marketing	O
director	O
Mike	O
Dornbrook	O
referred	O
to	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
as	O
"	O
Hitchhiker	B-Application
's	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
with	O
sex.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Status	O
Line	O
(	O
formerly	O
The	O
New	O
Zork	B-Application
Times	O
)	O
,	O
Infocom	O
's	O
official	O
newsletter	O
,	O
Steve	O
Meretzky	O
stated	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
more	O
than	O
four	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
cites	O
"	O
pulpy	O
space	O
opera	O
"	O
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
for	O
Leather	O
Goddesses	O
,	O
and	O
expresses	O
that	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
controversial	O
response	O
to	O
A	B-Application
Mind	I-Application
Forever	I-Application
Voyaging	I-Application
was	O
another	O
reason	O
for	O
Leather	O
Goddess'''	O
conception	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
I	O
was	O
hoping	O
that	O
[	O
A	O
Mind	O
Forever	O
Voyaging ]	O
would	O
stir	O
up	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
controversy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
not	O
copy	B-Application
protected	I-Application
,	O
but	O
included	O
puzzles	O
that	O
relied	O
on	O
the	O
accompanying	O
documentation	O
and	O
physical	O
items	O
in	O
the	O
package	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Given	O
the	O
possibilities	O
for	O
a	O
game	O
featuring	O
a	O
"	O
lewd	O
mode	O
"	O
,	O
the	O
scents	O
were	O
relatively	O
innocuous	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
pizza	O
and	O
chocolate	O
)	O
.The	O
Adventures	O
of	O
Lane	O
Mastodon	O
,	O
a	O
3-D	B-Algorithm
comic	O
book	O
containing	O
vital	O
hints	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
take	O
on	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
earned	O
Leather	O
Goddesses	O
a	O
Codie	O
award	O
for	O
Best	O
Software	O
Packaging	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ReceptionLeather	O
Goddesses	O
of	O
Phobos	O
was	O
Infocom	O
's	O
best-selling	O
game	O
in	O
1986	O
with	O
53,543	O
copies	O
sold	O
,	O
more	O
than	O
50%	O
greater	O
than	O
that	O
of	O
Trinity	B-Application
,	O
which	O
also	O
debuted	O
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
Infocom	O
's	O
last	O
to	O
sell	O
more	O
than	O
100,000	O
copies	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
sixth	O
best-selling	O
game	O
overall.Macworld	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
version	O
of	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
an	O
excellent	O
 [ example ] 	O
of	O
text-only	O
interactive	O
fiction.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1988	O
,	O
Tom	O
Clancy	O
named	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
one	O
of	O
his	O
favorite	O
computer	O
games	O
,	O
stating	O
"	O
I	O
'd	O
like	O
to	O
meet	O
whoever	O
wrote	O
that	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
to	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
,	O
subtitled	O
Gas	O
Pump	O
Girls	O
Meet	O
the	O
Pulsating	O
Inconvenience	O
from	O
Planet	O
X	O
!,	O
was	O
published	O
by	O
Activision	O
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
2015	O
film	O
The	O
Martian	O
starring	O
Matt	O
Damon	O
,	O
Leather	B-Application
Goddesses	I-Application
of	I-Application
Phobos	I-Application
was	O
referenced	O
as	O
being	O
loaded	O
on	O
fellow	O
astronaut	O
Beth	O
Johanssen	O
's	O
laptop	O
alongside	O
Zork	B-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
