<s>
SunDog	B-Application
:	I-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1984	O
space	O
trading	O
and	O
combat	O
simulator	O
video	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunDog	O
was	O
first	O
developed	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
with	O
version	O
1.0	O
being	O
released	O
in	O
March	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
version	O
1.1	O
(	O
bug	O
fixes	O
)	O
released	O
three	O
weeks	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
enhanced	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
in	O
December	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
produced	O
by	O
FTL	O
Games	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
only	O
game	O
programmed	O
by	O
Bruce	O
Webster	O
,	O
SunDog	O
not	O
only	O
stored	O
an	O
impressive	O
amount	O
of	O
data	O
in	O
the	O
limited	O
64K	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
it	O
also	O
implemented	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
interface	O
developed	O
at	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
FTL	O
intended	O
to	O
release	O
further	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
series	O
,	O
this	O
was	O
preempted	O
by	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
their	O
follow-up	O
effort	O
,	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
actions	O
are	O
controlled	O
by	O
the	O
joystick	B-Device
(	O
or	O
joystick	B-Device
and	O
mouse	O
on	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
moving	O
the	O
cursor	O
and	O
clicking	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
button	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
moves	O
the	O
character	O
about	O
the	O
screen	O
and	O
controls	O
all	O
action	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
can	O
do	O
this	O
by	O
taking	O
the	O
SunDog	O
's	O
cargo	O
pod	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
like	O
an	O
all-terrain	B-Algorithm
vehicle	I-Algorithm
when	O
detached	O
from	O
the	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
items	O
are	O
listed	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
fruits/grains	O
,	O
stock	O
embryos	B-Application
and	O
"	O
Sun	O
suns.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
equipment	O
the	O
SunDog	O
comes	O
with	O
is	O
only	O
suitable	O
for	O
landing	O
in	O
cities	O
with	O
a	O
starport	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
starport	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
beginning	O
SunDog	O
,	O
Webster	O
had	O
been	O
working	O
on	O
a	O
BBS	B-Protocol
door	I-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
called	O
Blows	O
Against	O
the	O
Empire	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inspired	O
by	O
the	O
Xerox	B-Device
Alto	I-Device
user	O
interface	O
(	O
developed	O
by	O
Xerox	O
PARC	O
)	O
,	O
Webster	O
designed	O
a	O
layered	O
windowing	O
system	O
called	O
ZoomAction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
only	O
needed	O
an	O
Apple	O
two-button	O
joystick	B-Device
or	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
's	O
two-button	O
mouse	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Compared	O
to	O
games	O
like	O
Elite	B-Application
,	O
the	O
SunDog	O
world	O
was	O
considerably	O
more	O
immersive	O
,	O
albeit	O
much	O
smaller	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
the	O
number	O
of	O
stars	O
and	O
planets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Pascal	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
large	O
sections	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
were	O
used	O
with	O
little	O
or	O
no	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SunDog	O
was	O
very	O
successful	O
;	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
's	O
best-selling	O
game	O
for	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
stated	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
that	O
"	O
playing	O
Sundog	O
is	O
so	O
enjoyable	O
that	O
it	O
's	O
easy	O
to	O
forget	O
about	O
the	O
mission	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
the	O
magazine	O
called	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
a	O
"	O
loving	O
,	O
intelligent	O
,	O
and	O
detailed	O
translation	O
...	O
the	O
most	O
impressive	O
game	O
I	O
've	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
ST	O
yet	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
in	O
1985	O
praised	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
entertaining	O
and	O
absorbing	O
role-playing	O
games	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
today	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1986	O
the	O
magazine	O
similarly	O
approved	O
of	O
the	O
ST	O
version	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
a	O
first-rate	O
graphics	O
adventure	O
 [ with ] 	O
stunning	O
graphics	O
and	O
easy	O
mouse-driven	O
controls	O
...	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
gets	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
show	O
off	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Anthony	O
Pryor	O
reviewed	O
SunDog	B-Application
:	I-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
in	O
Space	O
Gamer/Fantasy	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pryor	O
commented	O
that	O
"	O
If	O
you	O
're	O
ready	O
to	O
test	O
fate	O
,	O
fire	O
up	O
your	O
warp	O
engines	O
,	O
and	O
battle	O
the	O
odds	O
for	O
a	O
chance	O
at	O
your	O
fortune	O
,	O
Sundog	B-Application
:	I-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Legacy	I-Application
is	O
a	O
marvelous	O
adventure.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
version	O
automatically	O
ran	O
a	O
demo	O
if	O
the	O
user	O
did	O
nothing	O
on	O
the	O
opening	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
departure	O
of	O
Webster	O
and	O
FTL	O
's	O
much	O
more	O
successful	O
Dungeon	B-Device
Master	I-Device
,	O
SunDog	O
II	O
never	O
materialized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
early	O
2000s	O
,	O
Webster	O
started	O
the	O
"	O
SunDog	O
:	O
Resurrection	O
Project	O
"	O
,	O
an	O
open-source	B-License
project	O
to	O
recreate	O
SunDog	O
using	O
modern	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
he	O
planned	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
developed	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
because	O
of	O
its	O
cross-platform	O
capabilities	O
,	O
but	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
were	O
more	O
comfortable	O
with	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
developed	O
in	O
that	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
SunDog	O
Resurrection	O
Project	O
's	O
SourceForge	B-Application
page	O
as	O
of	O
August	O
4	O
,	O
2007	O
,	O
work	O
never	O
ceased	O
completely	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
continued	O
with	O
new	O
and	O
improved	O
sprite/background	O
graphics	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
some	O
game	O
code	O
(	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
still	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
developed	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
functioning	O
stock	O
market	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
city	O
tiles	O
are	O
replicas	O
of	O
the	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
version	O
,	O
though	O
there	O
are	O
some	O
original	O
graphics	O
designed	O
by	O
the	O
project	O
artist	O
.	O
</s>
