<s>
Suspended	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Cryogenic	I-Application
Nightmare	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
video	O
game	O
written	O
by	O
Michael	O
Berlyn	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Infocom	O
in	O
1983	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Infocom	O
's	O
sixth	O
game	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
,	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
Plus/4	I-Operating_System
,	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
as	O
a	O
self-booting	O
disk	O
)	O
,	O
TRS-80	B-Device
,	O
and	O
TI-99/4A	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
available	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
,	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rather	O
than	O
being	O
free	O
to	O
move	O
about	O
and	O
interact	O
with	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
directly	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
spends	O
the	O
entire	O
game	O
in	O
a	O
state	O
of	O
suspended	B-Application
animation	O
(	O
hence	O
the	O
title	O
)	O
and	O
can	O
only	O
interact	O
by	O
controlling	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
robot	B-Algorithm
surrogates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Each	O
robot	B-Algorithm
has	O
its	O
own	O
unique	O
strengths	O
and	O
weaknesses	O
,	O
and	O
describes	O
the	O
same	O
rooms	O
and	O
objects	O
in	O
completely	O
different	O
terms	O
based	O
upon	O
those	O
specializations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
robots	B-Algorithm
are	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Iris	O
-	O
The	O
only	O
robot	B-Algorithm
with	O
visual	O
sensors	O
,	O
Iris	O
can	O
provide	O
visual	O
descriptions	O
of	O
locations	O
and	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whiz	O
-	O
The	O
most	O
technical	O
robot	B-Algorithm
,	O
Whiz	O
is	O
used	O
mainly	O
for	O
interfacing	O
with	O
a	O
central	O
library	O
computer	O
for	O
historical	O
and	O
technical	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Waldo	O
-	O
The	O
most	O
capable	O
physical	O
manipulator	O
,	O
with	O
several	O
limbs	O
for	O
grasping	O
and	O
holding	O
objects	O
,	O
Waldo	O
perceives	O
the	O
world	O
using	O
sonar	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
The	O
term	O
"	O
Waldo	O
"	O
was	O
originally	O
coined	O
by	O
Robert	O
A	O
.	O
Heinlein	O
to	O
describe	O
teleoperated	O
robots	B-Algorithm
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Poet	O
-	O
A	O
diagnostic	O
robot	B-Algorithm
,	O
Poet	O
can	O
sense	O
the	O
flow	O
of	O
electricity	O
;	O
he	O
tends	O
to	O
communicate	O
in	O
somewhat	O
cryptic	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
six	O
of	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
can	O
be	O
given	O
orders	O
in	O
conjunction	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
challenges	O
the	O
player	O
faces	O
require	O
that	O
several	O
of	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
work	O
together	O
to	O
solve	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
a	O
seventh	O
robot	B-Algorithm
,	O
an	O
all-purpose	O
multifunction	O
repair	O
robot	B-Algorithm
named	O
Fred	O
,	O
who	O
spends	O
the	O
entirety	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
broken	O
and	O
cannot	O
be	O
repaired	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suspended	B-Application
has	O
six	O
ways	O
to	O
die	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
map	O
of	O
the	O
facility	O
and	O
small	O
tokens	O
representing	O
each	O
robot	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
most	O
other	O
text	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
room	O
descriptions	O
of	O
Suspended	B-Application
do	O
not	O
mention	O
the	O
directions	O
of	O
possible	O
exits	O
,	O
which	O
makes	O
the	O
map	O
vital	O
to	O
playing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Suspended	B-Application
was	O
well	O
received	O
by	O
critics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
concluded	O
that	O
"	O
Suspended	B-Application
represents	O
another	O
milestone	O
in	O
the	O
continuing	O
evolution	O
of	O
the	O
interactive	O
computer	O
novel.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
considered	O
each	O
robot	B-Algorithm
to	O
have	O
a	O
unique	O
personality	O
,	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
library	O
computer	O
as	O
an	O
in-game	O
hint	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Brian	O
Moriarty	O
of	O
ANALOG	O
Computing	O
also	O
praised	O
the	O
robots	B-Algorithm
 '	O
characterization	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
"	O
a	O
few	O
hours	O
with	O
these	O
electronic	O
personalities	O
will	O
make	O
them	O
your	O
friends	O
"	O
and	O
comparing	O
the	O
experience	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
"	O
a	O
fine	O
novel	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
concluded	O
that	O
Suspended	B-Application
and	O
other	O
Infocom	O
products	O
"	O
are	O
among	O
the	O
finest	O
examples	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
and	O
entertaining	O
means	O
of	O
self-expression	O
which	O
can	O
now	O
be	O
regarded	O
as	O
'	O
literature	O
 '	O
without	O
apology.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Gazette	O
called	O
Suspended	B-Application
"	O
an	O
exciting	O
,	O
imaginative	O
adventure	O
game	O
that	O
's	O
likely	O
to	O
keep	O
you	O
glued	O
to	O
your	O
keyboard	O
for	O
hours.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
review	O
concluded	O
:	O
"	O
If	O
the	O
small	O
inconvenience	O
of	O
a	O
sometimes	O
slow	O
response	O
does	O
not	O
bother	O
you	O
,	O
then	O
I	O
can	O
highly	O
recommend	O
Suspended.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hi-Res	O
wrote	O
that	O
Suspended	B-Application
"	O
is	O
an	O
excellent	O
game	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
a	O
worthy	O
successor	O
to	O
the	O
Zork	O
series.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Bill	O
Wallace	O
reviewed	O
Suspended	B-Application
in	O
Space	O
Gamer	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
declared	O
Suspended	B-Application
the	O
58th-best	O
computer	O
game	O
ever	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
