Planetfall is a 1983 text adventure game, created by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom.
In this game you take on the role of a lowly Ensign Seventh Class aboard a spaceship, which means you’re made to mop the decks.
You’re not there for long however, as a sudden sequence of explosions makes the player scramble to reach an escape pod and you end up on a nearby planet. While there you discover an elaborate evil plot, which you eventually (after dying many times) unfold and are made a hero.
Sounds familiar, huh? This must have been massive inspiration for Space Quest. Has anyone played it? I’m thinking of checking it out myself.
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