<s>
Rama	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
Arthur	O
C	O
.	O
Clarke	O
's	O
books	O
Rendezvous	B-Application
with	I-Application
Rama	I-Application
(	O
1973	O
)	O
and	O
Rama	B-Application
II	O
(	O
1989	O
)	O
and	O
supports	O
both	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
,	O
a	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
Rama	B-Application
game	O
to	O
be	O
produced	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
Rendezvous	B-Application
with	I-Application
Rama	I-Application
was	O
released	O
in	O
1984	O
by	O
Telarium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
International	O
Space	O
Agency	O
(	O
ISA	O
)	O
named	O
it	O
Rama	B-Application
and	O
sent	O
an	O
expedition	O
named	O
"	O
Newton	O
Team	O
"	O
to	O
investigate	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
soon	O
discovered	O
that	O
Rama	B-Application
is	O
a	O
hollow	O
,	O
rotating	O
cylinder	O
with	O
enormous	O
cities	O
,	O
populated	O
by	O
other	O
alien	O
species	O
that	O
have	O
been	O
collected	O
during	O
its	O
travels	O
:	O
Myrmicats	O
(	O
seen	O
in	O
images	O
but	O
never	O
encountered	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
Avians	O
,	O
Octospiders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
native	O
"	O
beings	O
of	O
Rama	B-Application
are	O
the	O
Biots	O
(	O
biological	O
robots	O
)	O
constructed	O
by	O
the	O
aliens	O
who	O
built	O
Rama	B-Application
,	O
and	O
are	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
in	O
many	O
Myst-like	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
is	O
an	O
anonymous	O
,	O
silent	O
protagonist	O
—	O
an	O
astronaut	O
who	O
is	O
assigned	O
to	O
replace	O
the	O
late	O
Valeriy	O
Borzov	O
who	O
died	O
during	O
the	O
mission	O
under	O
mysterious	O
conditions	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
introduction	O
explains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
Plains	O
have	O
been	O
explored	O
(	O
actually	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
has	O
managed	O
to	O
reach	O
and	O
obtain	O
all	O
the	O
useful	O
inventory	O
items	O
)	O
,	O
Rama	B-Application
changes	O
towards	O
an	O
impact	O
course	O
with	O
Earth	O
and	O
a	O
special	O
team	O
inside	O
the	O
expedition	O
(	O
originally	O
consisting	O
of	O
Heilmann	O
,	O
Borzov	O
and	O
O'Toole	O
)	O
proceeds	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
Project	O
Trinity	O
"	O
and	O
arms	O
a	O
bomb	O
network	O
to	O
destroy	O
Rama	B-Application
and	O
its	O
inhabitants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
there	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
learns	O
that	O
Rama	B-Application
's	O
course	O
has	O
diverted	O
away	O
from	O
Earth	O
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
a	O
risk	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
bombs	O
have	O
already	O
been	O
armed	O
to	O
explode	O
in	O
six	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
the	O
player	O
will	O
meet	O
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
Rama	B-Application
II	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
supports	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
and	O
was	O
created	O
using	O
version	O
three	O
of	O
the	O
SCI	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
comes	O
on	O
two	O
CD-ROMs	B-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
third	O
reserved	O
for	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
videos	O
show	O
the	O
prologue	O
,	O
concerning	O
the	O
reaction	O
on	O
Earth	O
when	O
Rama	B-Application
was	O
discovered	O
in	O
a	O
form	O
of	O
a	O
journalist	O
show	O
,	O
and	O
hosts	O
interviews	O
of	O
the	O
characters	O
that	O
will	O
be	O
seen	O
later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Ramas	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Sierra	O
On-Line	O
expected	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
sell	O
500,000	O
units	O
in	O
its	O
first	O
three	O
months	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
French	O
newspaper	O
Libération	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
1997	O
,	O
Charles	O
Ardai	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
noted	O
that	O
Rama	B-Application
"	O
appears	O
to	O
be	O
selling	O
reasonably	O
,	O
but	O
still	O
is	O
n't	O
generating	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
business	O
Sierra	O
sees	O
from	O
a	O
new	O
Leisure	B-Device
Suit	I-Device
Larry	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Libération	O
reported	O
that	O
Sierra	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sales	O
"	O
disappointing	O
"	O
by	O
that	O
November	O
,	O
at	O
which	O
time	O
Rama	B-Application
had	O
sold	O
25,000	O
units	O
in	O
France	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
closed	O
that	O
"	O
unlike	O
MYST	B-Application
,	O
the	O
story	O
here	O
outweighs	O
its	O
setting	O
,	O
a	O
tribute	O
to	O
Clarke	O
,	O
Lee	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
team	O
that	O
supported	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RAMA	B-Application
is	O
in	O
virtually	O
every	O
way	O
a	O
triumph	O
and	O
another	O
large	O
step	O
toward	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
wholly	O
convincing	O
interactive	O
SF	O
novels	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
reviewer	O
for	O
Next	O
Generation	O
largely	O
agreed	O
:	O
"	O
While	O
all	O
too	O
Myst-like	O
in	O
design	O
,	O
Dynamix	O
's	O
RAMA	B-Application
manages	O
to	O
push	O
past	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
inherent	O
confines	O
of	O
its	O
genre	O
and	O
provide	O
players	O
with	O
some	O
fairly	O
balanced	O
puzzles	O
and	O
a	O
decently	O
entertaining	O
storyline.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
nonetheless	O
concluded	O
that	O
he	O
could	O
not	O
recommend	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
similarity	O
to	O
Myst	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rama	B-Application
was	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
the	O
Computer	O
Game	O
Developers	O
Conference	O
's	O
1996	O
"	O
Best	O
Adaptation	O
of	O
Linear	O
Media	O
"	O
Spotlight	O
Award	O
,	O
but	O
lost	O
the	O
prize	O
to	O
I	B-Application
Have	I-Application
No	I-Application
Mouth	I-Application
,	I-Application
and	I-Application
I	I-Application
Must	I-Application
Scream	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
also	O
a	O
finalist	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1996	O
"	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
"	O
and	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
's	O
"	O
Best	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
"	O
awards	O
,	O
which	O
went	O
to	O
The	B-Application
Pandora	I-Application
Directive	I-Application
and	O
The	B-Application
Neverhood	I-Application
,	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
