History VideoGame / Planetfall

* RedHerring: ''Planetfall'' is ''bad'' about this one. There are several dark rooms, and the only lantern is in a room you can never enter and live, and a helicopter the game leads you to believe you can pilot, among others. At the end Floyd brings you some of the keys to these and remarks that [[BreakingTheFourthWall maybe they'll be useful in the sequel]].

* DarkerAndEdgier: The trademark humor is still there, but ''Stationfall'' is considerably darker in tone. Your facing a threat that slaughtered a space station and slowly brainwashes your RobotBuddy.

* ShootTheDog: You have to kill Floyd to win. He's not repairable this time.

* ShoutOut: One of the games in the Castle's Rec Hall is [[{{VideoGame/Zork}} Double Fannucci]].

* ShoutOut: One of the games in the Castle's Rec Hall is [[{{Zork}} Double Fannucci]]

* Shoutout: One of the games in the Castle's Rec Hall is [[{{Zork}} Double Fannucci]]

* XMeetsY: The game gives off the same atmosphere of both Zork and TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy. To take this even further, is that this game is even bundled in with the Zork Collection on GOG.

* XMeetsY: The game gives off the same atmosphere of both Zork and TheHitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy. To take this even further, is that this game is even bundled into the Zork Collection on GOG.

* XMeetsY: Pretty much Zork meets HitchHikersGuideToTheGalaxy.

* ContinuityNod: As Floyd lays dying, you sing his favorite song to him -- "The Ballad of the Starcrossed Miner". It's a blatant reference to the events of ''Starcross'' as humanity's discovery of FTL travel, setting it earlier in the Planetfall/Stationfall continuity.

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''VideoGame/{{Planetfall}}'' is an InteractiveFiction game published by Creator/{{Infocom}} in 1983. It is Creator/SteveMeretzky's first game. The plot has the player crashlanding on an alien planet and exploring with the assistance of a RobotBuddy named Floyd.

''Planetfall'' is an InteractiveFiction game published by Creator/{{Infocom}} in 1983. It is SteveMeretzky's first game. The plot has the player crashlanding on an alien planet and exploring with the assistance of a RobotBuddy named Floyd.

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''Planetfall'' is an InteractiveFiction game published by {{Infocom}} in 1983. It is SteveMeretzky's first game. The plot has the player crashlanding on an alien planet and exploring with the assistance of a RobotBuddy named Floyd.

* GoldenEnding: ''Planetfall'' has three endings: one where you fail to save the planet and it is doomed to plunge into the sun; another where you save the planet but fail to fix the communication system or the planetary defense system and therefore are stuck there (but given the consolation prize of an unlimited bank account and a home in the country); and the best ending, where not only is the planet saved and you are found by the Stellar Patrol, but all the loose ends are tied up.

* LateToTheParty: The plot involves finding out what happened to the people on the planet you've made landfall on.

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: ''Stationfall'' has a lack-of-food timer, requiring the player character to eat every hour. {{Lampshaded}} with the explanation that highly-processed future food just isn't very nutritious.

* {{Gesundheit}}: The game's response if you type "{{zork}}".

* WizardNeedsFoodBadly: ''Stationfall'' has a lack-of-food timer, requiring the player character to eat every hour. {{Lampshaded}} with the explanation that highly-processed future food just isn't very nutritious.