Stationfall

Station case is a text adventure from Infocom from the year 1987. It is the sequel to Planet Fall of 1983.

Action

After the events in the case of the players from the planet Ensign 7th grade to lieutenant 1st class has been promoted. Thrilling his life will not: When the game begins, he is on a fully automatically controlled space freighter traveling to a space station to a charge there "Application Forms for Antragsforumlare for black loose-leaf binders for forms for space patrol duty rules " pick. Along with his well-known case from Planet Sidekick Floyd the player reaches the space station, which is devoid of any life except for a ostrich and a strange, balloon-like beings from Arcturus. From the crew of the station there is no trace, but the player is attacked by default peaceful welding robots. As the game progresses, it turns out that the player seek all machines on the space station after life, including an initially friendly appearing other robot is finally killed by Floyd. The cause of all evil is a pyramid-shaped artifact turns out that eventually takes over also the control over Floyd. To win the game, the player must first turn off Floyd and then destroy the artifact.

Gameplay and technology

Station case is a text adventure, that is, there is no graphic elements. Environment and events are made and the actions of the player entered as on-screen text also as text using the keyboard.

Background

The name of station case as the previous Planet case, a portmanteau word. "Case" comes ( German: landing ) of " Landfall ", " station " stands for the space station, in the plays the biggest part of the game.

As side dishes ( " Feelies " ) contained Stationfall detailed plans of the space station, in playing the game, three application forms to satirize an excessive bureaucracy, as well as a patch that identifies the wearer as a Lieutenant 1st class. These supplements are referenced in the game and make thus represents a copy

Reception

In contemporary reviews of the humor and the clever referencing previous Infocom games were highlighted positive. Was noted the negative memories related repetitive behavior of the robot Floyd.