Planetfall

This page is for the 1983 text adventure game. For the unrelated 2019 strategy game, see Age of Wonders: Planetfall.

Planetfall
Planetfall	1983
Stationfall	1987

Planetfall is a singleplayer text-based text adventure game in the Planetfall series.

General information

"Official" developer fan site

Interactive Fiction Wiki - A wiki for all text adventure games

Planetfall Bug List

GOG.com Community Discussions for game series

GOG.com Support Page

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Retail
GOG.com		Pre-packaged with DOSBox.^[2] Bundled in The Zork Anthology
Steam		Bundled in The Zork Anthology.

Version differences

The Zork Anthology

A compilation pack containing Zork: The Great Underground Empire, Zork II: The Wizard of Frobozz, Zork III: The Dungeon Master, Beyond Zork, Zork Zero, and Planetfall.

Essential improvements

Recommended Z-machine interpreters

Since the game's release, various third-party Z-machine interpreters have been released. See the link above for details and recommendations.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
DOS
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game data location

System	Location
DOS	<path-to-game>\SAVE
Windows	<path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)^{[Note 1]}
Mac OS (Classic)
Steam Play (Linux)	<SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/570580/pfx/^{[Note 2]}

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

ScummVM 2.1+ supports cloud saves on third-party cloud storage services. See the ScummVM documentation for details.

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		See Recommended Z-machine interpreters
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed		See Recommended Z-machine interpreters
Borderless fullscreen windowed
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)		For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS and 120+ FPS		All on-screen content is text only.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse acceleration
Mouse input in menus
Keyboard and mouse prompts
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support		For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		No sound.
Surround sound
Subtitles		Everything is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost		For DOSBox change the `priority` background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs	Supported	Notes
DOS video modes	CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA

Executable	PPC	16-bit	32-bit	64-bit	ARM	Notes
Windows						See Recommended Z-machine interpreters.
macOS (OS X)						See Recommended Z-machine interpreters.
Linux						See Recommended Z-machine interpreters.
Mac OS (Classic)

System requirements

DOS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	5.0	6.2
Processor (CPU)	IBM PC or 100% compatible
System memory (RAM)	512 KB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 MB
Video card (GPU)	CGA, EGA, MCGA, VGA, SVGA

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	XP	Vista
Processor (CPU)	1 GHz	1.4 GHz
System memory (RAM)	256 MB	512 MB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	30 MB
Video card (GPU)	DirectX 7 compatible	DirectX 9 compatible

Mac OS
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	6.0.7	7.5
Processor (CPU)	Motorola 68000	PowerPC
System memory (RAM)	512 KB
Storage drive (HDD/SSD)	2 MB
Video card (GPU)	B/W or Colour system

Supported Macintosh models: Mac Plus, SE, Classic, II series, LC series, Performa series, Centris series, Quadra series, PowerBook series and the Power Macintosh series

Notes

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1
Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (570580) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

References

↑ New release: The Zork Anthology - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023
↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[DOSBox_mounted-3] 1.0 ^1.1 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data.

[Proton_path_note-4] 2.0 ^2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
The app ID (570580) may differ in some cases.
Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[3] File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.

[4] Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.

[5] The app ID (570580) may differ in some cases.

[6] Treat backslashes as forward slashes.

[7] See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.

[1] New release: The Zork Anthology - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

[2] List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com - last accessed on May 2023

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[2]

[Note 1]

[Note 2]

Developers

	Infocom
Publishers
	Activision
Engines
	ZIL
Release dates
DOS	July 8, 1983
Mac OS (Classic)	1984
Windows (DOSBox)	January 18, 2011^[1]
Taxonomy
Modes	Singleplayer
Perspectives	Text-based
Controls	Text input
Genres	Text adventure
Themes	Sci-fi
Series	Planetfall