Planetfall was one of my all time favourite Infocom releases, not only was it very tough, but I fell in love with that old rascal robot Floyd. Somehow right in the midst of a tough problem he would come out with a great one liner and break me up. I missed Floyd. Happily he is amongst us once again as Steve Meretzky has conjured up another masterpiece in Stationfall, a worthy successor. This time around, you find yourself (since your promotion to Lieutenant after saving the planet Resida) on the paperwork desk as numero uno form collector. The real fun starts when you are ordered to go to a nearby space station to collect yet more forms in the company of a robot from the pool who turns out to be ol' Floyd. You arrive there and no one is around...why?
Getting to the station is not difficult, as long as you remember that forms fit what slots for access to the space ship to get you there.
Getting off the ship at the right station proved a very taxing situation even for me. But old Floyd still coming out with those great little lines stops you from getting to frustrated. A nice quote comes as you sit at the controls of your ship and Floyd says "Oh boy, can I drive please, I haven't crashed a ship in year!" Great stuff!
Personal Rating...........................10
Thanks to Frank Skagemo for transcribing and donating this article.