<s>
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
is	O
a	O
multi-disk	O
graphical	O
adventure	O
game	O
written	O
and	O
directed	O
by	O
Roberta	O
Williams	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developed	O
in	O
1981	O
and	O
released	O
in	O
1982	B-Application
by	O
On-Line	O
Systems	O
(	O
later	O
Sierra	O
Entertainment	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
shipped	O
with	O
six	O
double-sided	O
floppy	O
disks	O
and	O
contained	O
1,500	O
areas	O
(	O
screens	O
)	O
to	O
explore	O
along	O
with	O
39	O
scenarios	O
to	O
solve	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Produced	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
most	O
games	O
rarely	O
took	O
up	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
side	O
of	O
a	O
floppy	O
,	O
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
of	O
this	O
magnitude	O
released	O
for	O
home	O
computer	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
were	O
released	O
for	O
Japanese	O
home	O
computers	O
PC-88	B-Device
,	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
and	O
FM-7	B-Device
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
allows	O
players	O
to	O
travel	O
through	O
time	O
and	O
across	O
the	O
globe	O
solving	O
puzzles	O
while	O
meeting	O
famous	O
historical	O
figures	O
such	O
as	O
Benjamin	O
Franklin	O
,	O
Cleopatra	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Julius	O
Caesar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
hoped	O
to	O
release	O
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
before	O
Christmas	O
1981	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
do	O
so	O
until	O
March	O
1982	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
BYTE	B-Application
wrote	O
"	O
The	O
Guinness	O
Book	O
of	O
World	O
Records	O
must	O
be	O
getting	O
ready	O
for	O
a	O
computer	O
game	O
category	O
,	O
if	O
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
is	O
any	O
indication	O
of	O
things	O
to	O
come	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
sold	O
poorly	O
;	O
the	O
original	O
retail	O
price	O
of	O
US$99	O
(	O
)	O
may	O
make	O
it	O
the	O
most	O
expensive	O
computer	O
game	O
in	O
history	O
after	O
inflation	O
.	O
</s>
