<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
is	O
an	O
open	O
world	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Interplay	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
originally	O
made	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
and	O
it	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
re-released	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
OS	B-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
in	O
2013	O
via	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
GOG.com,	O
and	O
in	O
2014	O
via	O
Desura	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
remastered	O
version	O
titled	O
Wasteland	B-Application
Remastered	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
February	O
25	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
in	O
honor	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
30th	O
anniversary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critically	O
acclaimed	O
and	O
commercially	O
successful	O
,	O
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
followed	O
by	O
two	O
separate	O
sequels	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
,	O
but	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
dropped	O
claims	O
of	O
Fountain	B-Application
of	I-Application
Dreams	I-Application
being	O
a	O
sequel	O
and	O
Interplay	O
's	O
Meantime	B-Application
was	O
canceled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
general	O
setting	O
and	O
concept	O
became	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
Interplay	O
's	O
1997	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Fallout	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Fallout	B-Application
series	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Decades	O
later	O
,	O
inXile	O
Entertainment	O
released	O
two	O
proper	O
sequels	O
:	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
(	O
2014	O
)	O
and	O
Wasteland	B-Application
3	I-Application
(	O
2020	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wastelands	B-Application
game	O
mechanics	O
are	O
based	O
on	O
those	O
used	O
in	O
tabletop	O
role-playing	O
games	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Tunnels	O
and	O
Trolls	O
and	O
Mercenaries	O
,	O
Spies	O
and	O
Private	O
Eyes	O
created	O
by	O
Wasteland	B-Application
designers	O
Ken	O
St.	O
Andre	O
and	O
Michael	O
Stackpole	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Characters	O
in	O
Wasteland	B-Application
have	O
seven	O
attributesstrength	O
,	O
intelligence	O
,	O
luck	O
,	O
speed	O
,	O
agility	O
,	O
dexterity	O
,	O
and	O
charismathat	O
allow	O
the	O
characters	O
to	O
use	O
different	O
skills	O
and	O
weapons	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
's	O
party	O
begins	O
with	O
four	O
members	O
and	O
can	O
grow	O
to	O
as	O
many	O
as	O
seven	O
by	O
recruiting	O
citizens	O
and	O
wasteland	B-Application
creatures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
featuring	O
a	O
persistent	B-Protocol
world	I-Protocol
,	O
where	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
were	O
stored	O
and	O
kept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
hard	O
drives	O
were	O
still	O
rare	O
in	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1988	O
,	O
this	O
meant	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
disk	B-Device
had	O
to	O
be	O
copied	O
first	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
disk	B-Device
space	I-Device
was	O
at	O
a	O
premium	O
,	O
it	O
saved	O
on	O
resources	O
to	O
have	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
story	O
printed	O
out	O
in	O
a	O
separate	O
manual	O
rather	O
than	O
stored	O
within	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
code	O
itself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paragraph	O
books	O
also	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
rudimentary	O
form	O
of	O
copy	B-Application
protection	I-Application
;	O
someone	O
playing	O
a	O
copied	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
miss	O
out	O
on	O
story	O
elements	O
and	O
clues	O
necessary	O
to	O
progress	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paragraphs	O
included	O
an	O
unrelated	O
story	O
line	O
about	O
a	O
mission	O
to	O
Mars	B-Application
intended	O
to	O
mislead	O
those	O
who	O
read	O
the	O
paragraphs	O
when	O
not	O
instructed	O
to	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
false	O
set	O
of	O
passwords	O
that	O
would	O
trip	O
up	O
cheaters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
pre-war	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
operating	O
from	O
a	O
surviving	O
military	O
facility	O
,	O
Base	O
Cochise	O
,	O
is	O
constructing	O
armies	O
of	O
killer	O
machines	O
and	O
cybernetically	O
modified	O
humans	O
to	O
attack	O
human	O
settlements	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Irwin	O
Finster	O
,	O
the	O
deranged	O
former	O
commander	O
of	O
the	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Finster	O
has	O
gone	O
so	O
far	O
as	O
to	O
transform	O
himself	O
into	O
a	O
cyborg	B-Application
under	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AI	B-Application
's	O
ultimate	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
complete	O
Finster	O
's	O
"	O
Project	O
Darwin	O
"	O
and	O
replace	O
the	O
world	O
's	O
"	O
flawed	O
"	O
population	O
with	O
genetically	O
pure	O
specimens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
help	O
from	O
a	O
pre-war	O
android	O
named	O
Max	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
recovers	O
the	O
necessary	O
technology	O
and	O
weapons	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
confront	O
the	O
AI	B-Application
at	O
Base	O
Cochise	O
and	O
destroy	O
it	O
by	O
making	O
the	O
base	O
's	O
nuclear	O
reactor	O
melt	O
down	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
created	O
on	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
as	O
it	O
was	O
equally	O
important	O
to	O
him	O
as	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fargo	O
described	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
hybrid	O
of	O
the	O
Ultima	O
series	O
and	O
The	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
,	O
with	O
a	O
post-apocalyptic	O
setting	O
similar	O
to	O
the	O
Mad	B-Device
Max	I-Device
film	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
to	O
the	O
combat	O
,	O
Fargo	O
stated	O
that	O
it	O
resembled	O
that	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
and	O
contained	O
additional	O
strategy	O
elements	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
split	O
or	O
disband	O
the	O
party	O
and	O
change	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
character	O
point-of-view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
later	O
interviews	O
,	O
Fargo	O
said	O
Wasteland	B-Application
came	O
about	O
after	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
The	B-Device
Bard	I-Device
's	I-Device
Tale	I-Device
and	O
Interplay	O
's	O
desire	O
to	O
make	O
another	O
role-playing	O
game	O
for	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
separate	O
from	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
that	O
the	O
setting	O
was	O
inspired	O
by	O
his	O
love	O
for	O
Mad	B-Device
Max	I-Device
2	O
and	O
post-apocalyptic	O
fiction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
author	O
Michael	O
Stackpole	O
was	O
announced	O
as	O
the	O
writer	O
for	O
Wasteland	B-Application
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alan	O
Pavlish	O
was	O
the	O
lead	O
developer	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
writing	O
it	O
in	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
machine	O
language	O
and	O
programming	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
react	O
to	O
player	O
choices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
St.	O
Andre	O
eventually	O
decided	O
to	O
change	O
this	O
and	O
pitched	O
a	O
new	O
story	O
involving	O
killer	O
robots	O
wanting	O
to	O
wipe	O
out	O
and	O
replace	O
humanity	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
sort	O
of	O
cross	O
between	O
The	B-General_Concept
Terminator	I-General_Concept
and	O
Daffy	O
Duck	O
,	O
with	O
Fargo	O
accepting	O
this	O
new	O
storyline	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1988	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
and	O
IBM	O
compatibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
re-released	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
Interplay	O
's	O
10	O
Year	O
Anthology	O
:	O
Classic	O
Collection	O
in	O
1995	O
,	O
and	O
also	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
1998	O
Ultimate	O
RPG	O
Archives	O
through	O
Interplay	O
's	O
DragonPlay	O
label	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
sold	O
approximately	O
250,000	O
units	O
on	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
1980s	O
and	O
1990s	O
,	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
lauded	O
Wasteland	B-Application
for	O
its	O
gameplay	O
,	O
plot	O
,	O
problem	O
solving	O
,	O
skills	O
system	O
,	O
non-player	O
characters	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
moral	O
dilemmas	O
players	O
face	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
magazine	O
named	O
Wasteland	B-Application
the	O
Adventure	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1994	O
,	O
the	O
magazine	O
cited	O
Wasteland	B-Application
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
how	O
"	O
older	O
,	O
less	O
sophisticated	O
engines	O
can	O
still	O
play	O
host	O
to	O
a	O
great	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orson	O
Scott	O
Card	O
gave	O
Wasteland	B-Application
a	O
mixed	O
review	O
in	O
Compute	O
!,	O
commending	O
the	O
science	O
fiction	O
elements	O
and	O
setting	O
,	O
but	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
lacked	O
a	O
meaningful	O
overarching	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Julia	O
Martin	O
's	O
review	O
for	O
Challenge	O
favorably	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
those	O
into	O
RPGs	O
and	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
comparing	O
it	O
to	O
Twilight	B-Application
:	I-Application
2000	I-Application
,	O
praising	O
its	O
combat	O
system	O
,	O
choices	O
and	O
for	O
differing	O
from	O
the	O
usual	O
sword-and-fantasy	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
criticized	O
having	O
to	O
insert	O
the	O
primary	O
"	O
A	O
"	O
disk	B-Device
in	O
order	O
to	O
play	O
the	O
game	O
after	O
copying	O
it	O
from	O
four	O
disks	B-Device
,	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
save	O
system	O
,	O
and	O
characters	O
starting	O
out	O
with	O
useless	O
items	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2000	O
,	O
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
ranked	O
as	O
the	O
24th-best	O
PC	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
by	O
the	O
staff	O
of	O
IGN	O
for	O
its	O
innovations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
another	O
retrospective	O
article	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
IGN	O
's	O
Kristan	O
Reed	O
wrote	O
that	O
"	O
time	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
kind	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
but	O
its	O
core	O
concepts	O
stand	O
firm.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Wasteland	B-Application
was	O
followed	O
in	O
1990	O
by	O
a	O
less-successful	O
intended	O
sequel	O
,	O
Fountain	B-Application
of	I-Application
Dreams	I-Application
,	O
set	O
in	O
post-war	O
Florida	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
neither	O
contained	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
code	O
from	O
Wasteland	B-Application
nor	O
involved	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
staff	O
that	O
worked	O
on	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electronic	O
Arts	O
eventually	O
decided	O
to	O
downplay	O
its	O
connection	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
,	O
and	O
said	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
sequel	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
worked	O
on	O
Meantime	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
advertised	O
as	O
a	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
and	O
did	O
not	O
take	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Coding	O
of	O
Meantime	B-Application
was	O
nearly	O
finished	O
and	O
a	O
beta	O
version	O
was	O
produced	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
canceled	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
market	O
declined	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Interplay	O
has	O
described	O
the	O
first	O
Fallout	B-Application
game	I-Application
as	O
the	O
spiritual	O
successor	O
to	O
Wasteland	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
IGN	O
,	O
"	O
Interplay	O
's	O
inability	O
to	O
prise	O
the	O
Wasteland	B-Application
brand	O
name	O
from	O
EA	O
's	O
gnarled	O
fingers	O
actually	O
led	O
to	O
it	O
creating	O
Fallout	B-Application
in	O
the	O
first	O
place.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
Wasteland	B-Application
homage	O
elements	O
in	O
Fallout	B-Application
and	O
Fallout	B-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
studio	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
production	O
team	O
included	O
original	O
Wasteland	B-Application
designers	O
Alan	O
Pavlish	O
,	O
Michael	O
Stackpole	O
,	O
Ken	O
St.	O
Andre	O
and	O
Liz	O
Danforth	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
crowdfunded	O
through	O
a	O
Kickstarter	O
campaign	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2016	O
,	O
inXile	O
announced	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
via	O
Fig	O
to	O
develop	O
Wasteland	B-Application
3	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
August	O
2013	O
Kickstarter	O
update	O
for	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
project	O
lead	O
Chris	O
Keenan	O
announced	O
that	O
they	O
had	O
reached	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Electronic	O
Arts	O
to	O
release	O
the	O
original	O
Wasteland	B-Application
for	O
modern	O
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
added	O
that	O
it	O
will	O
be	O
given	O
for	O
free	O
to	O
backers	O
of	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
on	O
Kickstarter	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
being	O
made	O
available	O
for	O
purchase	O
on	O
GOG	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
,	O
Keenan	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
re-release	O
titled	O
Wasteland	B-Application
1	O
:	O
The	O
Original	O
Classic	O
had	O
gone	O
gold	O
,	O
and	O
had	O
been	O
submitted	O
to	O
GOG	O
and	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
approval	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
feedback	O
,	O
inXile	O
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to	O
turn	O
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smoothing	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
manual	O
in	O
tooltips	O
,	O
swapping	O
and	O
tweaking	O
portraits	O
while	O
making	O
it	O
work	O
on	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
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X	I-Operating_System
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
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<s>
Those	O
who	O
backed	O
Torment	B-Application
:	I-Application
Tides	I-Application
of	I-Application
Numenera	I-Application
and	O
received	O
Wasteland	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
also	O
received	O
the	O
re-release	O
for	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
next	O
day	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
Steam	B-Application
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	O
and	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
11	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
Desura	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
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E3	O
2019	O
,	O
Brian	O
Fargo	O
announced	O
it	O
was	O
coming	O
to	O
both	O
Windows	O
and	O
Xbox	B-Device
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.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
GOG	O
,	O
Steam	B-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
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.	O
</s>
<s>
and	O
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Play	O
Anywhere	O
support	O
.	O
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