<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1994	O
survival	B-Application
simulation	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Silmarils	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
conjunction	O
with	O
Ishar	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Seven	I-Application
Gates	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
and	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
Silmarils	O
 '	O
proprietary	O
ALIS	O
game	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
was	O
initially	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
microcomputer	B-Architecture
platforms	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
other	O
home	O
computers	O
and	O
consoles	O
including	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
some	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
several	O
publishers	O
across	O
multiple	O
regions	O
and	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
featured	O
several	O
changes	O
and	O
additions	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
port	O
was	O
cancelled	O
,	O
but	O
received	O
a	O
homebrew	B-Application
release	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Songbird	O
Productions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
conversion	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
was	O
also	O
planned	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
has	O
been	O
met	O
with	O
mixed	O
reception	O
from	O
critics	O
since	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
versions	O
received	O
praise	O
for	O
their	O
presentation	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
design	O
and	O
gameplay	O
but	O
received	O
criticism	O
for	O
being	O
difficult	O
to	O
newcomers	O
,	O
slow	O
pacing	O
and	O
steep	O
learning	O
curve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
garnered	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
and	O
gameplay	O
but	O
was	O
criticized	O
by	O
some	O
for	O
the	O
low	O
framerate	O
and	O
difficulty	O
curve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	B-Device
versions	O
were	O
met	O
with	O
a	O
more	O
divided	O
reception	O
from	O
video	O
game	O
magazines	O
and	O
dedicated	O
outlets	O
who	O
felt	O
divided	O
in	O
regards	O
to	O
several	O
aspects	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
complexity	O
and	O
difficulty	O
for	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Deus	B-Application
,	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
December	O
1996	O
only	O
on	O
PC	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
compilations	O
for	O
modern	O
PC	B-Device
platforms	O
through	O
download	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Good	O
Old	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
is	O
a	O
survival	B-Application
simulation	O
game	O
,	O
similar	O
to	O
Wilderness	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Survival	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
and	O
UnReal	B-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
that	O
takes	O
place	O
from	O
a	O
first-person	O
perspective	O
where	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Robinson	O
officer	O
Trepliev	O
1	O
from	O
the	O
Alien	O
World	O
Exploration	O
department	O
in	O
his	O
attempt	O
to	O
escape	O
from	O
the	O
prison	O
planet	O
Zarathustra	O
alongside	O
another	O
AWE	O
Robinson	O
named	O
Nina1	O
as	O
the	O
main	O
objective	O
,	O
while	O
facing	O
several	O
hostile	O
creatures	O
and	O
dangers	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
survive	O
the	O
planet	O
's	O
hostile	O
alien	O
environment	O
long	O
enough	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2163	O
,	O
where	O
Earth	O
and	O
colonized	O
planets	O
are	O
facing	O
overpopulation	O
by	O
humans	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
secret	B-Application
service	I-Application
organization	O
known	O
as	O
Scientific	O
Intelligence	O
(	O
SI	O
)	O
issued	O
orders	O
that	O
certain	O
Robinsons	O
cannot	O
return	O
to	O
Earth	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
avoid	O
foreign	O
viruses	O
but	O
officer	O
Trepliev	O
1	O
and	O
other	O
Robinsons	O
eventually	O
discover	O
the	O
organization	O
's	O
actions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
was	O
developed	O
in	O
tandem	O
with	O
Ishar	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Seven	I-Application
Gates	I-Application
of	I-Application
Infinity	I-Application
and	O
made	O
use	O
of	O
Silmarils	O
 '	O
proprietary	O
ALIS	O
game	O
engine	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
co-founder	O
Louis-Marie	O
Rocques	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
the	O
team	O
in	O
porting	O
the	O
game	O
more	O
easily	O
from	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
landscapes	O
in	O
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
are	O
rendered	O
using	O
texture-mapped	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
,	O
similar	O
to	O
NovaLogic	O
's	O
Comanche	B-Application
and	O
its	O
Voxel	B-Application
Space	I-Application
engine	O
,	O
while	O
elevation	O
value	O
to	O
represent	O
a	O
specific	O
height	O
from	O
a	O
flat	O
terrain	O
were	O
pre-calculated	O
with	O
interpolation	B-Algorithm
and	O
features	O
multiple	O
special	O
effects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
sprites	O
were	O
pre-rendered	O
using	O
3D	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Ingels	O
and	O
Cyril	O
Cogordan	O
were	O
responsible	O
for	O
porting	O
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
to	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
and	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
add-on	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
converting	O
and	O
testing	O
the	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
,	O
Cogordan	O
stated	O
both	O
on	O
an	O
interview	O
and	O
his	O
personal	O
web	O
page	O
that	O
the	O
system	O
was	O
not	O
capable	O
of	O
rendering	O
voxel	B-Algorithm
visuals	O
,	O
an	O
issue	O
which	O
Ingels	O
also	O
faced	O
during	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
conversion	O
process	O
,	O
prompting	O
both	O
programmers	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
visuals	O
with	O
texture-mapped	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
instead	O
while	O
writing	O
the	O
engine	O
on	O
each	O
console	B-Device
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cogordan	O
was	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
adapting	O
the	O
title	O
to	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Silmarils	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Europe	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
in	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
version	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
both	O
diskettes	B-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
,	O
with	O
the	O
latter	O
featuring	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
released	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
by	O
ReadySoft	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
and	O
Europe	O
by	O
Daze	O
Marketing	O
,	O
featuring	O
minimal	O
changes	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
versions	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
compilations	O
for	O
modern	O
PC	B-Device
platforms	O
through	O
download	O
services	O
such	O
as	O
Good	O
Old	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3DO	B-Device
Interactive	I-Device
Multiplayer	I-Device
version	O
was	O
originally	O
announced	O
for	O
a	O
February	O
1995	O
release	O
by	O
ReadySoft	O
,	O
but	O
due	O
to	O
extensive	O
delays	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
until	O
1996	O
,	O
only	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
last	O
games	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
cutscenes	O
as	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
release	O
for	O
Atari	B-Device
Falcon	I-Device
,	O
the	O
visuals	O
are	O
now	O
rendered	O
with	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
instead	O
of	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
version	O
was	O
first	O
announced	O
in	O
late	O
1994	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
titles	O
Silmarils	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
add-on	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
then-in	O
development	O
sequel	O
Deus	B-Application
and	O
Ishar	O
4	O
:	O
Ishar	O
Genesis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Jaguar	B-Device
CD	I-Device
port	O
was	O
initially	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
during	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
1995	O
but	O
was	O
later	O
rescheduled	O
for	O
an	O
August/Q3	O
1995	O
release	O
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
being	O
completed	O
and	O
sent	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corporation	O
for	O
approval	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
never	O
released	O
due	O
to	O
Atari	O
Corp	O
.	O
closing	O
their	O
doors	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
commercial	O
and	O
critical	O
failure	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
platform	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
picked	O
up	O
for	O
distribution	O
by	O
Songbird	O
Productions	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
30	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
the	O
3DO	B-Device
version	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
features	O
the	O
same	O
FMV	O
cutscenes	O
and	O
visuals	O
are	O
rendered	O
with	O
polygons	B-General_Concept
instead	O
of	O
voxels	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
CD32	I-Device
was	O
in	O
development	O
by	O
Silmarils	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
published	O
in	O
May	O
1994	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critical	O
reception	O
of	O
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
was	O
mixed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
several	O
critics	O
,	O
including	O
those	O
from	O
CU	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
,	O
believed	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
originality	O
overrode	O
other	O
complaints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CU	O
Amigas	B-Device
Tony	O
Dillon	O
was	O
impressed	O
by	O
its	O
freeform	O
item	O
combination	O
system	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
disappointed	O
by	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
version	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
performance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jonathan	O
Maddock	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
also	O
disliked	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
graphics	O
and	O
system	O
requirements	O
,	O
but	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
entirely	O
new	O
gaming	O
experience	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Formats	O
Dale	O
Bradford	O
noted	O
that	O
"	O
just	O
wandering	O
around	O
,	O
exploring	O
and	O
discovering	O
how	O
long	O
you	O
can	O
stay	O
alive	O
is	O
enjoyable	O
,	O
thanks	O
to	O
the	O
non-linear	O
gameplay	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
care	O
and	O
thought	O
"	O
that	O
went	O
into	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rich	O
Pelley	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
Power	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
be	O
extremely	O
boring	O
;	O
he	O
likened	O
playing	O
it	O
to	O
"	O
being	O
told	O
to	O
paint	O
a	O
fence	O
and	O
 [ ... ] 	O
discover[ ing	O
that ]	O
it	O
's	O
fifteen	O
miles	O
long	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
criticized	O
its	O
graphics	O
and	O
performance	O
,	O
and	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
survival	B-Application
systems	O
amounted	O
to	O
"	O
lots	O
of	O
bars	O
and	O
charts	O
and	O
electrocardiograms	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
much	O
action	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
also	O
received	O
poor	O
reviews	O
from	O
both	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
UK	O
and	O
PC	B-Device
Gamer	O
US	O
,	O
who	O
found	O
the	O
game	O
frustrating	O
and	O
uninviting	O
,	O
and	O
criticized	O
its	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
,	O
Deus	B-Application
,	O
had	O
already	O
been	O
announced	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
Jaguar	I-Device
CD	I-Device
by	O
the	O
time	O
Robinson	B-Application
's	I-Application
Requiem	I-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
on	O
all	O
regions	O
only	O
for	O
PC	B-Device
to	O
mixed	O
reception	O
.	O
</s>
