Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Planetfall" in English language version.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link){{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)This worked out better than my fondest hopes, and numerous players over the intervening years have told me that they cried at this point in the game.
Several years ago there was a debate in the game developers' round table on GEnie (remember GEnie?) about whether or not a computer game could make you cry. ... The answer the GEnie crowd came up with was, yes, a computer game can make you cry: consider the death of Floyd the robot in Planetfall. ... Eventually, however, Floyd gave up his life for you, and there was no way to avoid it. It was a sad moment.
...they're not given to us by the game at all, but by cutscenes. The death of Floyd the Robot in Planetfall is an example of a cheat like this....
Several years ago there was a debate in the game developers' round table on GEnie (remember GEnie?) about whether or not a computer game could make you cry. ... The answer the GEnie crowd came up with was, yes, a computer game can make you cry: consider the death of Floyd the robot in Planetfall. ... Eventually, however, Floyd gave up his life for you, and there was no way to avoid it. It was a sad moment.
...they're not given to us by the game at all, but by cutscenes. The death of Floyd the Robot in Planetfall is an example of a cheat like this....