Oo-Topos

Oo-Topos is an interactive fiction game released by Polarware in 1987. Oo-Topos was originally published by Sentient Software in 1981 as a text only adventure game. The 1987 re-release added graphical depictions of scenes described by the game's text, which were designed using Penguin Software's in-house software tool Graphics Magician.

Plot

The pilot of a space vessel is carrying important cargo vital to the survival of humanity. The pilot is attacked by space pirates and forced to land on the planet Oo-Topos. After landing the pilot is captured and imprisoned in a fortress on the alien world. The pilot must escape confinement, retrieve the precious cargo taken from the crashed ship and get off Oo-Topos with it in order to save the human race from extinction.

Gameplay

As a text adventure game, you input commands to progress. Commands usually involved verbs such as "Go, Get, Put, Shoot, Use, etc." and nouns such as "laser, food, rod, etc." Also, you typed in directions such as "North, South, East, West" to move through areas and rooms within the game. Abbreviations were allowed such as "N, E, W, S."