<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Mystery	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Time	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
Space	I-Operating_System
(	O
commonly	O
known	O
as	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
)	O
is	O
a	O
popular	O
online	O
graphic	O
adventure	O
game	O
created	O
by	O
Jan	O
Albartus	O
(	O
LOGAN	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
produced	O
using	O
Macromedia	O
Flash	O
(	O
now	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
)	O
and	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
influential	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
escape	B-Application
the	I-Application
room	I-Application
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
constant	O
work-in-progress	O
with	O
"	O
new	O
levels	O
coming	O
soon	O
,	O
"	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
May	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
levels	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
acquires	O
a	O
device	O
called	O
the	O
Manipulator	O
of	O
Time	O
and	O
Space	O
(	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
)	O
device	O
,	O
which	O
takes	O
the	O
player	O
back	O
to	O
previous	O
levels	O
via	O
time	O
travel	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
retrieve	O
items	O
;	O
the	O
player	O
then	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
current	O
level	O
to	O
solve	O
the	O
puzzles	O
using	O
the	O
items	O
retrieved	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unique	O
among	O
many	O
games	O
of	O
this	O
genre	O
,	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
features	O
a	O
plot	O
that	O
changes	O
and	O
evolves	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
advances	O
through	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
begins	O
in	O
a	O
relatively	O
formulaic	O
fashion	O
;	O
as	O
is	O
the	O
convention	O
in	O
escape	B-Application
the	I-Application
room	I-Application
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
awakens	O
in	O
a	O
bedroom	O
that	O
is	O
locked	O
from	O
the	O
outside	O
with	O
no	B-Application
memory	I-Application
of	O
prior	O
events	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
game	O
progresses	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
discovers	O
several	O
elements	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
environment	O
that	O
suggest	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
a	O
clone	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
letter	O
left	O
on	O
a	O
table	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
rooms	O
on	O
the	O
seventh	O
level	O
regarding	O
an	O
escaped	O
clone	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
manual	O
about	O
cloning	B-Application
left	O
on	O
a	O
table	O
in	O
the	O
eleventh	O
level	O
,	O
which	O
leaves	O
the	O
player	O
wondering	O
about	O
their	O
existence	O
afterwards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Depictions	O
of	O
aliens	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
found	O
throughout	O
the	O
game	O
:	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
ninth	O
level	O
the	O
player	O
sees	O
the	O
dead	O
body	O
of	O
an	O
alien	O
lying	O
outside	O
a	O
crashed	O
UFO	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
room	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
strongly	O
suggests	O
that	O
the	O
writers	O
may	O
be	O
extraterrestrial	O
aliens	O
;	O
the	O
report	O
also	O
mentions	O
hostilities	O
from	O
the	O
inhabitants	O
of	O
the	O
planet	O
after	O
the	O
writers	O
 '	O
presence	O
in	O
the	O
Solar	O
System	O
was	O
uncovered	O
,	O
and	O
of	O
the	O
measures	O
taken	O
against	O
it	O
by	O
the	O
writers	O
of	O
the	O
report	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
a	O
clone	B-Application
to	O
"	O
hopefully	O
save	O
the	O
planet	O
"	O
;	O
this	O
clone	B-Application
is	O
hinted	O
at	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
the	O
report	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
player	O
in	O
the	O
pink	O
suit	O
had	O
travelled	O
from	O
the	O
future	O
using	O
the	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
device	O
;	O
the	O
item	O
also	O
helps	O
serve	O
to	O
further	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
metafictional	O
elements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
was	O
created	O
in	O
November	O
2001	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
was	O
hosted	O
on	O
a	O
free	O
web	O
server	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
featured	O
only	O
one	O
room	O
(	O
level	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
has	O
20	O
levels	O
plus	O
the	O
guestbook/end	O
level	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mystery	B-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Time	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
Space	I-Operating_System
is	O
considered	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
highly	O
significant	O
escape	B-Application
the	I-Application
room	I-Application
adventure	O
that	O
helped	O
propel	O
the	O
genre	O
to	O
significance	O
as	O
a	O
subset	O
of	O
online	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
been	O
referenced	O
in	O
other	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
similarly	O
alien-themed	O
Cybee	O
's	O
Adventure	O
,	O
in	O
which	O
a	O
"	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
Deluxe	O
box	O
"	O
appears	O
as	O
an	O
item	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
credits	O
of	O
the	O
seminal	O
escape	B-Application
the	I-Application
room	I-Application
adventure	O
Crimson	B-Application
Room	I-Application
name	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
as	O
an	O
inspiration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nytimes.com	O
mentioned	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
in	O
its	O
article	O
"	O
GAME	O
THEORY	O
;	O
A	O
Little	O
Getaway	O
:	O
Small	O
,	O
Simple	O
,	O
Fast	O
and	O
Fun	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
is	O
also	O
mentioned	O
in	O
an	O
article	O
on	O
TheStar.com	O
:	O
"	O
For	O
lots	O
of	O
gamers	O
,	O
escapism	O
means	O
starting	O
out	O
in	O
a	O
trap	O
-	O
'	O
Room	B-Application
escape	I-Application
 '	O
games	O
,	O
with	O
their	O
endless	O
variations	O
,	O
are	O
booming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
Bonte	O
Room	O
also	O
references	O
MOTAS	B-Operating_System
in	O
the	O
walkthrough	O
.	O
</s>
