Planetfall

Description

It all started with your great-great-grandfather who was a High Admiral and one of the founding officers of the Patrol. All generations since then have served in the Patrol. Now it's your turn and two years into you are still a lowly Ensign Seventh Class. Your direct report, Blather, is really making your life miserable. Are you really Stellar Patrol material?

Difficulty Level: Standard

Part of the Following Groups

• Games made into books
• Planetfall series

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User Reviews

Not impressed.	DOS	Foopy (12)
The best IF game I every played, and the only one I solved by myself.	DOS	David Ledgard (63)
One of the best Infocom games, set in a comic sci-fi environment	DOS	Frecklefoot (124)
Milestone of Character Development	DOS	Tony Van (2707)

The Press Says

Computer Games	DOS	Feb, 1984	A+	100
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SPAG	DOS	Sep 20, 2002	7.3 out of 10	73
Adventure Classic Gaming	DOS	Aug 21, 2001	3 out of 5	60

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Trivia

A novelisation (perhaps better termed a cross-promotional tie-in loosely related to the original property) of the game was produced by Byron Preiss (with a grey-striped cover design emulating Infocom game packaging), published by Avon Books. It was written by Arthur Byron Cover and first published in August of 1988. Its ISBN is 0-380-75384-7 and the rear cover blurb reads as follows:

"Arthur Byron Cover combines the antic sense of Robert Sheckley, the far travelling of A. E. Van Vogt, the deadly serious wry whimsy of Kurt Vonnegut... with a fresh, invigorating talent all his own." - Harlan Ellison

THE PATROL'S LOOKING FOR A FEW GOOD ORGANISMS

The recruiting poster said, "Join the Stellar Patrol and visit exotic worlds!"

Homer took the poster's advice and signed up for service. His heroism on the planet Resida quickly earned him a promotion, and Homer was assigned to the most important Diplomatic Conference in the history of the Third Galactic Empire.

Then Homer got lost. Really lost.

Fortunately, Homer was accompanied by his loyal robot Oliver and the ghost of his beloved robot Floyd.

The fate of the empire depended on the Stellar Patrol's finding Homer--the only man in the fleet who can play the soprano saxophone!