<s>
Space	O
(	O
also	O
called	O
Space	O
I	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
text-based	B-Application
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
designed	O
by	O
Steven	O
Pederson	O
and	O
Sherwin	O
Steffin	O
of	O
Edu-Ware	O
Services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
science	O
fiction	O
RPGs	O
to	O
appear	O
on	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
system	O
was	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
Traveller	O
role-playing-game	O
,	O
created	O
by	O
Game	O
Designers	O
 '	O
Workshop	O
,	O
which	O
sued	O
Edu-Ware	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
two	O
used	O
the	O
game	O
concept	O
to	O
convince	O
Rainbow	O
Computing	O
,	O
a	O
computer	O
store	O
that	O
sold	O
Edu-Ware	O
games	O
through	O
its	O
mail	O
order	O
catalog	O
,	O
to	O
provide	O
Pederson	O
with	O
an	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
receiving	O
product	O
at	O
cost	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
games	O
were	O
well-received	O
critically	O
,	O
earning	O
an	O
"	O
A−	O
"	O
rating	O
in	O
a	O
1980	B-Application
Peelings	O
II	O
review	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
David	O
Mullich	O
created	O
Space	O
II	O
,	O
an	O
expansion	O
pack	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
1979	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1982	B-Application
,	O
Game	O
Designers	O
 '	O
Workshop	O
successfully	O
sued	O
Edu-Ware	O
for	O
copyright	O
infringement	O
of	O
their	O
Traveller	O
pen-and-paper	O
role-playing	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
