<s>
Stonekeep	B-Application
is	O
a	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Interplay	O
Productions	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
in	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stonekeep	B-Application
is	O
a	O
first-person	O
role-playing	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
and	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
protagonist	O
Drake	B-Application
has	O
two	O
starting	O
possessions	O
:	O
the	O
magic	O
scroll	O
and	O
the	O
magic	O
mirror	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magic	O
mirror	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
equip	O
Drake	B-Application
and	O
other	O
characters	O
with	O
weapons	O
,	O
armor	O
,	O
and	O
accessories	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
consume	O
items	O
to	O
affect	O
their	O
status	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
healing	O
potions	O
or	O
bad	O
smelling	O
Throg	O
food	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drake	B-Application
can	O
also	O
read	O
scrolls	O
used	O
on	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
Drake	B-Application
can	O
wield	O
any	O
weapon	O
,	O
other	O
characters	O
like	O
Farli	O
and	O
Karzak	O
can	O
only	O
wield	O
hammers	O
,	O
axes	O
,	O
and	O
shields	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Certain	O
weapons	O
like	O
polearms	O
and	O
heavy	O
swords	O
require	O
Drake	B-Application
to	O
have	O
two	O
free	O
hands	O
to	O
wield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
only	O
dwarves	O
can	O
wear	O
dwarven	O
platemail	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
Drake	B-Application
can	O
wear	O
knight	O
armor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
section	O
records	O
the	O
statistics	O
of	O
Drake	B-Application
,	O
shows	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
his	O
current	O
equipped	O
weapons	O
,	O
and	O
describes	O
the	O
characteristics	O
of	O
his	O
partners	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drake	B-Application
's	O
statistics	O
are	O
strength	O
,	O
agility	O
,	O
and	O
health	O
,	O
and	O
his	O
weaponry	O
skills	O
include	O
polearm	O
,	O
sword	O
,	O
magick	O
,	O
missiles	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
fifth	O
section	O
records	O
runes	B-Application
each	O
time	O
the	O
player	O
comes	O
across	O
a	O
new	O
one	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
the	O
items	O
section	O
,	O
the	O
runes	B-Application
do	O
not	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
respective	O
name	O
recorded	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stonekeep	B-Application
features	O
an	O
elaborate	O
"	O
magick	O
"	O
system	O
where	O
four	O
types	O
of	O
runes	B-Application
are	O
inscribed	O
onto	O
a	O
spellcaster	O
(	O
wand	O
)	O
:	O
Mannish	O
,	O
Fae	O
,	O
Throggish	O
,	O
and	O
Meta	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
three	O
runes	B-Application
are	O
used	O
for	O
offensive	O
,	O
defensive	O
and	O
special	O
interaction	O
purposes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Meta	O
runes	B-Application
enhance	O
the	O
effectiveness	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
runes	B-Application
—	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
double	O
power	O
multiplies	O
a	O
single	O
firebolt	O
in	O
two	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
use	O
a	O
spellcaster	O
,	O
it	O
must	O
contain	O
adequate	O
mana	O
,	O
and	O
runes	B-Application
must	O
be	O
inscribed	O
onto	O
its	O
shaft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
inscribe	O
runes	B-Application
on	O
the	O
spellcaster	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
needs	O
to	O
equip	O
the	O
spellcaster	O
on	O
either	O
one	O
of	O
Drake	B-Application
's	O
hands	O
,	O
open	O
the	O
journal	O
onto	O
the	O
Runes	B-Application
section	O
,	O
take	O
out	O
the	O
spellcaster	O
,	O
and	O
copy	O
the	O
runes	B-Application
onto	O
the	O
spell	O
slots	O
of	O
the	O
spellcaster	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stonekeep'''s	O
mythology	O
revolves	O
around	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
gods	O
associated	O
with	O
planets	O
of	O
the	O
solar	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
Helion	O
(	O
Mercury	O
)	O
,	O
Aquila	O
(	O
Venus	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Thera	O
(	O
Earth	O
)	O
,	O
Azrael	O
(	O
Mars	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Marif	O
(	O
Jupiter	O
)	O
,	O
Afri	O
(	O
Saturn	B-Device
)	O
,	O
Saffrini	O
(	O
Uranus	O
)	O
,	O
Yoth-Soggoth	O
(	O
Neptune	B-Application
)	O
the	O
Master	O
of	O
Magick	O
,	O
and	O
Kor-Soggoth	O
(	O
Pluto	O
)	O
the	O
Brother	O
to	O
Magick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
gods	O
were	O
captured	O
and	O
imprisoned	O
in	O
nine	O
orbs	O
by	O
the	O
dark	O
god	O
Khull-Khuum	O
1000	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
during	O
a	O
cataclysm	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Devastation	O
"	O
.Stonekeep	O
is	O
centered	O
on	O
a	O
hero	O
,	O
Drake	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ten	O
years	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
Drake	B-Application
's	O
home	O
,	O
the	O
castle	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
,	O
was	O
destroyed	O
by	O
the	O
insane	O
god	O
Khull-Khuum	O
,	O
the	O
Shadowking	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Drake	B-Application
,	O
at	O
this	O
time	O
just	O
a	O
boy	O
,	O
was	O
saved	O
from	O
the	O
castle	O
by	O
a	O
mysterious	O
figure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Returning	O
to	O
the	O
ruins	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
,	O
Drake	B-Application
is	O
visited	O
by	O
the	O
goddess	O
Thera	O
,	O
who	O
sends	O
his	O
spirit	O
out	O
of	O
his	O
body	O
into	O
the	O
ruins	O
itself	O
to	O
explore	O
,	O
find	O
the	O
mystical	O
orbs	O
containing	O
the	O
other	O
gods	O
,	O
and	O
reclaim	O
the	O
land	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
the	O
way	O
,	O
Drake	B-Application
makes	O
many	O
friends	O
,	O
including	O
Farli	O
,	O
Karzak	O
,	O
and	O
Dombur	O
the	O
dwarves	O
;	O
the	O
great	O
dragon	O
Vermatrix	O
;	O
the	O
elf	B-Application
Enigma	O
;	O
and	O
the	O
mysterious	O
Wahooka	O
,	O
the	O
King	O
of	O
goblins	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
earliest	O
development	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
dated	O
back	O
in	O
October	O
1988	O
,	O
discussed	O
between	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
and	O
Todd	O
Camasta	O
with	O
the	O
simple	O
title	O
"	O
Dungeon	O
Game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stonekeeps	B-Application
final	O
cost	O
was	O
$5	O
million	O
;	O
its	O
production	O
crew	O
had	O
grown	O
to	O
200	O
members	O
by	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
story	O
line	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Oliphant	O
,	O
who	O
also	O
designed	O
and	O
programmed	O
the	O
graphics	O
and	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
engine	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
came	O
up	O
with	O
the	O
final	O
name	O
,	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
production	O
took	O
much	O
longer	O
than	O
expected	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
rapid	O
advancement	O
of	O
personal	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
hardware	I-Architecture
at	O
the	O
time	O
;	O
specifically	O
,	O
PC	O
CPUs	O
advancing	O
from	O
80386	B-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
80486	B-General_Concept
,	O
to	O
Pentiums	B-General_Concept
in	O
the	O
years	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
being	O
developed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
specification	O
for	O
the	O
game	O
included	O
that	O
it	O
could	O
not	O
require	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
or	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
run	O
on	O
an	O
80286	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
use	O
640K	O
,	O
and	O
run	O
off	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
project	O
's	O
end	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
been	O
upgraded	O
to	O
requiring	O
a	O
mouse	O
,	O
a	O
hard	B-Device
drive	I-Device
,	O
a	O
386	B-General_Concept
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
ran	O
off	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
About	O
three	O
years	O
into	O
the	O
project	O
,	O
Oliphant	O
suggested	O
to	O
Fargo	O
that	O
the	O
product	O
be	O
delivered	O
on	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
rejected	O
this	O
idea	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
citing	O
the	O
failure	O
of	O
previous	O
Interplay	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
projects	O
that	O
had	O
gone	O
this	O
route	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oliphant	O
suggested	O
this	O
after	O
Fargo	O
requested	O
him	O
to	O
drop	O
his	O
percentage	O
of	O
royalties	O
by	O
half	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
high	O
cost	O
of	O
production	O
and	O
goods	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
product	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
to	O
be	O
shipped	O
on	O
eight	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cost	O
of	O
one	O
CD	O
was	O
about	O
the	O
cost	O
of	O
one	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
possibilities	O
for	O
eight	O
floppy	B-Device
disks	I-Device
having	O
problems	O
is	O
much	O
greater	O
than	O
a	O
single	O
CD	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
solution	O
seemed	O
obvious	O
to	O
Oliphant	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
rendering	O
was	O
accomplished	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
Strata	B-Application
Vision	I-Application
application	O
to	O
create	O
the	O
room	O
layouts	O
,	O
monsters	O
,	O
and	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Joe	O
cartoon	O
series	O
—	O
in	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Khull-Khuum.Stonekeep	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
PC	O
DOS	B-Device
and	O
Windows	B-Application
95	I-Application
in	O
1995	B-Application
,	O
packaged	O
in	O
an	O
elaborate	O
gravestone-style	O
illustrated	O
box	O
,	O
and	O
came	O
with	O
a	O
white	O
hardback	O
novella	O
Thera	O
Awakening	O
,	O
coauthored	O
by	O
Steve	O
Jackson	O
and	O
David	O
L	O
.	O
Pulver	O
(	O
all	O
rights	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
went	O
to	O
Interplay	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
also	O
included	O
a	O
file	O
called	O
"	O
muffins.txt	O
"	O
which	O
contained	O
a	O
recipe	O
for	O
"	O
Tim	O
Cain	O
's	O
Chocolate	O
Chip	O
Pumpkin	O
Muffins	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Years	O
later	O
,	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
was	O
later	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
through	O
com	O
's	O
digital	O
distribution	O
system	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
preparation	O
for	O
Stonekeeps	B-Application
launch	O
,	O
Interplay	O
shipped	O
175,000	O
units	O
to	O
retailers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
public	O
reception	O
of	O
Stonekeeps	B-Application
pre-release	O
demo	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
"	O
stepped	O
up	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
forecast	O
to	O
200,000	O
units	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
days	O
before	O
Stonekeeps	B-Application
release	O
,	O
Next	O
Generation	O
reported	O
,	O
"	O
With	O
store	O
orders	O
already	O
topping	O
90	O
,	O
000	O
,	O
Interplay	O
says	O
it	O
's	O
set	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
fastest	O
selling	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
12-year	O
history.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
placed	O
fourth	O
on	O
PC	O
Data	O
's	O
monthly	O
computer	O
game	O
sales	O
chart	O
for	O
November	O
1995	B-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
absent	O
on	O
the	O
following	O
month	O
's	O
chart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Author	O
Erik	O
Bethke	O
later	O
described	O
Stonekeeps	B-Application
commercial	O
performance	O
as	O
"	O
weak	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
blamed	O
on	O
its	O
five-year	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Games	O
Strategy	O
Plus	O
named	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
the	O
best	O
computer	O
role-playing	O
game	O
of	O
1995	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petra	O
Schlunk	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
called	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
"	O
successful	O
on	O
many	O
levels	O
;	O
both	O
hard-core	O
and	O
newcomers	O
to	O
role-playing	O
should	O
enjoy	O
this.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
later	O
nominated	O
for	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
Worlds	O
1995	B-Application
Role-Playing	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
award	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
review	O
by	O
Bernard	O
Yee	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
did	O
not	O
offer	O
similar	O
praises	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
"	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
is	O
a	O
dated	O
first-person	O
RPG	O
that	O
suffers	O
from	O
a	O
poor	O
interface	O
,	O
little	O
depth	O
,	O
and	O
few	O
frills.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Fusion	O
,	O
Arnie	O
Katz	O
called	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
"	O
a	O
good	O
antidote	O
to	O
the	O
idiosyncratic	O
complexities	O
that	O
pass	O
for	O
depth	O
"	O
among	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
its	O
interface	O
and	O
audiovisual	O
presentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Paul	O
Presley	O
of	O
PC	O
Zone	O
called	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
"	O
a	O
case	O
of	O
gloss	O
but	O
no	O
substance	O
"	O
,	O
which	O
failed	O
to	O
offer	O
"	O
something	O
over	O
and	O
above	O
that	O
which	O
Eye	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Beholder	I-Application
was	O
delivering	O
all	O
that	O
time	O
ago.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Andy	O
Butcher	O
reviewed	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
for	O
Arcane	O
magazine	O
,	O
rating	O
it	O
a	O
7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Butcher	O
comments	O
that	O
"	O
Although	O
the	O
'	O
plot	O
 '	O
as	O
such	O
is	O
somewhat	O
weak	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
game	O
quickly	O
falls	O
into	O
an	O
'	O
explore	O
the	O
level	O
,	O
kill	O
the	O
monsters	O
,	O
solve	O
the	O
puzzles	O
 '	O
affair	O
,	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
is	O
engaging	O
and	O
surprisingly	O
addictive.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
editors	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
ranked	O
it	O
as	O
the	O
tenth	O
top	O
vaporware	B-Application
title	O
in	O
computer	O
game	O
history	O
(	O
due	O
1991	O
,	O
delivered	O
1996	O
)	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
after	O
seeing	O
the	O
same	O
basic	O
demo	O
for	O
years	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
finally	O
shipped	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
anti-climax.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Stonekeep	B-Application
was	O
also	O
ranked	O
at	O
number	O
six	O
on	O
GameSpot	O
's	O
top	O
ten	O
vaporware	B-Application
hall	O
of	O
shame	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
GamesRadar	O
also	O
included	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
among	O
the	O
games	O
"	O
with	O
untapped	O
franchise	O
potential	O
"	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
cancelation	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
2	O
:	O
Godmaker.123	O
games	O
with	O
untapped	O
franchise	O
potential	O
,	O
GamesRadar	O
US	O
,	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2009	O
In	O
1996	O
,	O
GamesMaster	O
ranked	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
56th	O
on	O
their	O
"	O
Top	O
100	O
Games	O
of	O
All	O
Time.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
LegacyThe	O
Oath	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
,	O
a	O
novel	O
set	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
,	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Troy	O
Denning	O
and	O
published	O
1999	O
by	O
Berkley	O
Boulevard	O
Books	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
's	O
Black	O
Isle	O
Studios	O
worked	O
on	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
2	O
:	O
Godmaker	O
,	O
for	O
roughly	O
five	O
years	O
,	O
before	O
eventually	O
cancelling	O
it	O
in	O
2001	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
Icewind	B-Application
Dale	I-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
Baldur	B-Application
's	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Black	I-Application
Hound	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
and	O
its	O
novelization	O
would	O
remain	O
the	O
only	O
entry	O
in	O
its	O
series	O
until	O
the	O
2010	O
announcement	O
of	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
:	I-Application
Bones	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ancestors	I-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
developed	O
for	O
Interplay	O
by	O
Alpine	O
Studios	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Stonekeep	B-Application
,	O
but	O
rather	O
an	O
all-new	O
game	O
and	O
a	O
standalone	O
entry	O
in	O
the	O
franchise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bones	O
of	O
the	O
Ancestors''	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
2012	O
as	O
downloadable	B-Protocol
content	I-Protocol
at	O
WiiWare	O
.	O
</s>
