<s>
Meantime	B-Application
was	O
a	O
cancelled	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
originally	O
intended	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
possibly	O
for	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
follow-up	O
to	O
1988	O
's	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
produced	O
by	O
Interplay	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
same	O
engine	O
as	O
Wasteland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
attempts	O
were	O
made	O
to	O
finish	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
but	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
canceled	O
for	O
good	O
after	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
competing	O
Ultima	B-Application
VII	I-Application
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
felt	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
releasing	O
a	O
graphically	O
inferior	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
as	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
and	O
with	O
similar	O
engine	O
and	O
gameplay	O
(	O
although	O
it	O
was	O
reported	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
supposed	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
combat	O
system	O
similar	O
to	O
Champions	B-Application
of	I-Application
Krynn	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Meantime	B-Application
was	O
to	O
feature	O
an	O
entirely	O
unique	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Meantime	B-Application
design	O
team	O
include	O
people	O
from	O
the	O
Wasteland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
a	O
map	O
editor	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
preventing	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
know	O
assembly	B-Language
code	I-Language
when	O
creating	O
game	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
coupled	O
with	O
declining	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
sales	O
,	O
led	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
to	O
cancel	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Meantime	B-Application
project	O
was	O
revived	O
around	O
1992	O
under	O
the	O
lead	O
of	O
Bill	O
Dugan	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
aim	O
of	O
bringing	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
IBM	O
PC-compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
contractor	O
was	O
hired	O
to	O
port	O
the	O
program	O
to	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
an	O
Interplay	O
employee	O
began	O
work	O
on	O
EGA	B-Device
graphics	I-Device
for	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Dugan	O
finally	O
recommended	O
the	O
cancellation	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
after	O
seeing	O
the	O
advanced	O
(	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
)	O
graphics	O
of	O
Ultima	B-Application
VII	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
felt	O
that	O
Meantime	B-Application
had	O
little	O
to	O
offer	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
top-down	O
perspective	O
and	O
lack	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
sixth	O
top	O
vaporware	B-Application
title	O
in	O
computer	O
game	O
history	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Meantime	B-Application
code	O
and	O
rights	O
were	O
owned	O
entirely	O
by	O
Interplay	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
owned	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
such	O
,	O
EA	O
started	O
from	O
scratch	O
when	O
they	O
produced	O
their	O
own	O
sequel	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
Fountain	B-Application
of	I-Application
Dreams	I-Application
,	O
but	O
in	O
2003	O
dropped	O
all	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
any	O
connection	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Interplay	O
finally	O
did	O
create	O
their	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
Fallout	B-Application
,	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
Meantime	B-Application
code	O
was	O
used	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
Meantime	B-Application
designer	O
involved	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Fallout	B-Application
was	O
Mark	O
O'Green	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chiptune	O
artist	O
8	O
Bit	O
Weapon	O
released	O
an	O
EP	O
titled	O
MeanTime	B-Application
EP	O
as	O
a	O
tribute	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
August	O
7	O
,	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
trademark	O
was	O
filed	O
for	O
"	O
Meantime	B-Application
"	O
on	O
November	O
11	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
by	O
Roxy	O
Friday	O
LLC	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
associated	O
with	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
,	O
authors	O
of	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
