<s>
Planetfall	B-Application
is	O
a	O
science	O
fiction	O
themed	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
computer	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Steve	O
Meretzky	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
eighth	O
title	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
included	O
versions	O
for	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
PC	O
compatibles	O
(	O
both	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
and	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	O
64	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
CP/M	B-Application
was	O
also	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Planetfall	B-Application
was	O
Meretzky	O
's	O
first	O
title	O
,	O
it	O
proved	O
one	O
of	O
his	O
most	O
popular	O
works	O
and	O
a	O
best-seller	O
for	O
Infocom	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
five	O
top-selling	O
titles	O
to	O
be	O
re-released	O
in	O
Solid	O
Gold	O
versions	O
including	O
in-game	O
hints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planetfall	B-Application
uses	O
the	O
Z-machine	O
originally	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Zork	B-Application
franchise	O
and	O
was	O
added	O
as	O
a	O
bonus	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Zork	B-Application
Anthology	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
word	O
planetfall	B-Application
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
planet	O
and	O
landfall	O
,	O
and	O
occasionally	O
used	O
in	O
science	O
fiction	O
to	O
that	O
effect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
book	O
Planetfall	B-Application
written	O
by	O
Arthur	O
Byron	O
Cover	O
,	O
uses	O
the	O
game	O
image	O
on	O
the	O
cover	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
marketed	O
"	O
In	O
the	O
bestselling	O
tradition	O
of	O
The	O
Hitchhiker	O
's	O
Guide	O
to	O
the	O
Galaxy.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Stationfall	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
encountering	O
a	O
helpful	O
but	O
childlike	O
robot	B-Algorithm
named	O
Floyd	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
unravel	O
the	O
mysteries	O
of	O
the	O
single	O
deserted	O
structure	O
on	O
the	O
planet	O
,	O
Resida	O
,	O
and	O
find	O
a	O
way	O
to	O
get	O
back	O
home	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
inhabitants	O
initiated	O
a	O
planetwide	O
project	O
to	O
place	O
everyone	O
under	O
suspended	O
animation	O
while	O
automated	O
systems	O
of	O
robots	B-Algorithm
and	O
computers	O
worked	O
towards	O
finding	O
a	O
cure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
on	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
finds	O
what	O
at	O
first	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
only	O
remaining	O
inhabitant	O
of	O
the	O
island	O
:	O
Floyd	O
,	O
a	O
childish	O
yet	O
endearing	O
robot	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
Floyd	O
realizes	O
that	O
the	O
ProjCon	O
repair	O
robot	B-Algorithm
(	O
aptly	O
named	O
Achilles	O
)	O
is	O
non-functional	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Project	O
is	O
close	O
to	O
completion	O
,	O
he	O
performs	O
the	O
ultimate	O
sacrifice	O
and	O
gives	O
his	O
life	O
to	O
retrieve	O
the	O
vital	O
Miniaturization	O
Card	O
from	O
the	O
Bio-lab	O
(	O
the	O
mutants	O
within	O
kill	O
the	O
player	O
if	O
he	O
tries	O
to	O
get	O
it	O
himself	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
Floyd	O
lies	O
dying	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
sings	O
the	O
"	O
Ballad	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Starcrossed	I-Application
Miner	I-Application
"	O
to	O
him	O
(	O
itself	O
an	O
allusion	O
to	O
the	O
earlier	O
Infocom	O
game	O
Starcross	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
stated	O
that	O
Planetfall	B-Application
was	O
"	O
another	O
excellent	O
adventure	O
"	O
for	O
text-adventure	O
fans	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
good	O
place	O
to	O
start	O
for	O
those	O
new	O
to	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Creative	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
wrote	O
that	O
Planetfall	B-Application
"	O
is	O
as	O
remarkable	O
,	O
funny	O
,	O
perplexing	O
,	O
and	O
entertaining	O
a	O
game	O
as	O
you	O
are	O
likely	O
to	O
find	O
anywhere.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
praised	O
Floyd	O
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
imaginative	O
and	O
cleverly	O
written	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
,	O
Floyd	O
,	O
besides	O
being	O
hysterically	O
funny	O
through	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
adventure	O
,	O
evokes	O
in	O
the	O
player	O
of	O
Planetfall	B-Application
authentic	O
feelings	O
of	O
affection	O
and	O
attachment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Boston	O
Globe	O
in	O
1984	O
described	O
the	O
robot	B-Algorithm
as	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
Infocom	O
character	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Planetfall	B-Application
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
still	O
lovingly	O
remembered	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
parts	O
have	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
transcendent	O
"	O
,	O
including	O
Floyd	O
's	O
death	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Maybe	O
after	O
you	O
've	O
read	O
Charlotte	B-Application
's	I-Application
Web	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
developers	O
round	O
table	O
on	O
GEnie	B-Language
concluded	O
that	O
Floyd	O
's	O
death	O
was	O
a	O
sad	O
moment	O
that	O
could	O
make	O
someone	O
cry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
designer	O
Raph	B-Application
Koster	I-Application
feels	O
that	O
Floyd	O
's	O
death	O
is	O
"	O
cheating	O
"	O
because	O
it	O
occurs	O
in	O
a	O
cut	O
scene	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1992	O
,	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
was	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Japanese	O
software	O
development	O
company	O
SystemSoft	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Operating_System
PC-9801	I-Operating_System
,	O
over	O
eight-and-a-half	O
years	O
after	O
the	O
original	O
Planetfall	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
the	O
remake	O
contains	O
enhanced	O
graphics	O
;	O
every	O
location	O
has	O
a	O
unique	O
background	O
picture	O
,	O
on	O
which	O
the	O
text	O
is	O
super-imposed	O
,	O
like	O
in	O
the	O
PC-9801	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Zork	B-Application
I	I-Application
and	O
Enchanter	B-Application
.	O
</s>
