<s>
Starcross	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1982	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Dave	O
Lebling	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
,	O
and	O
later	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcross	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2186	O
,	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
is	O
a	O
lone	O
black	B-Application
hole	I-Application
miner	O
exploring	O
an	O
asteroid	O
belt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
ship	O
,	O
the	O
Starcross	B-Application
,	O
is	O
fitted	O
with	O
a	O
mass	O
detector	O
to	O
look	O
for	O
"	O
quantum	O
black	B-Application
holes	I-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
such	O
powerful	O
sources	O
of	O
energy	O
that	O
one	O
could	O
provide	O
a	O
wealth	O
of	O
riches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
mass	O
detector	O
finally	O
discovers	O
an	O
anomaly	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
black	B-Application
hole	I-Application
but	O
something	O
else	O
entirely	O
:	O
a	O
massive	O
craft	O
of	O
unknown	O
origin	O
and	O
composition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcross	B-Application
has	O
an	O
appearance	O
in	O
Zork	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Undiscovered	I-Application
Underground	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starcross	B-Application
has	O
39	O
ways	O
to	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
release	O
of	O
Starcross	B-Application
was	O
packaged	O
in	O
a	O
round	O
,	O
plastic	O
UFO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jerry	O
Pournelle	O
wrote	O
in	O
BYTE	O
in	O
1983	O
of	O
Starcross	B-Application
,	O
"	O
I	O
am	O
not	O
fond	O
of	O
it	O
as	O
I	O
am	O
of	O
Zork	O
,	O
but	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
science-fiction	O
fans	O
like	O
it	O
very	O
much	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
