Editing Planetfall (section)

{{Short description|1983 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title  = Planetfall
|image = Planetfall box art.jpg
|developer = [[Infocom]]
|publisher = Infocom
|designer = [[Steve Meretzky]]
|engine = [[Z-machine]]
|released = Release 20: July 8, 1983<br>Release 26: October 14, 1983<br>Release 29: January 18, 1984<br>Release 37: October 3, 1985<br>Solid Gold: May 31, 1988
|genre = [[Interactive fiction]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Amiga]], [[Amstrad CPC]], [[Amstrad PCW]], [[Apple II]], [[Apricot PC]], [[Atari 8-bit]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[CP/M]], [[DEC Rainbow|Rainbow]], [[Kaypro II]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]], [[NEC APC]], [[Osborne 1]], [[MS-DOS]], [[PC-9800 series|PC-9801]],<ref name="PC9801 Library"/> [[TI-99/4A]], [[TRS-80]].<ref>[http://adventure.if-legends.org/Infocom.html Planetfall at Adventureland] by Hans Persson and Stefan Meier</ref>
}}

'''''Planetfall''''' is a [[science fiction]] themed [[interactive fiction]] video game written by [[Steve Meretzky]], and published in 1983 as the eighth game from [[Infocom]]. The original release was for [[Apple II]], [[Atari 8-bit computers]], [[TRS-80]], and [[IBM PC compatible]]s (both as a [[self-booting disk]] and for [[MS-DOS]]). [[Atari ST]] and [[Commodore 64]] versions were released in 1985. A version for [[CP/M]] was also released. ''Planetfall'' was Meretzky's first published game, and it proved one of his most popular works and a best-seller for Infocom. It was one of five top-selling games to be re-released in Solid Gold versions with in-game hints. ''Planetfall'' uses the [[Z-machine]] originally developed for ''[[Zork]]'' and was added as a bonus to the ''[[Zork Anthology]]''.

The word ''planetfall'' is a [[portmanteau]] of ''[[planet]]'' and ''[[landfall]]'', and occasionally used in [[science fiction]] to that effect. The book ''Planetfall'' written by [[Arthur Byron Cover]], uses the game image on the cover, and is marketed "In the bestselling tradition of ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''."<ref Name="Cover">{{cite book | title= Planetfall | last= Cover | first= Arthur Byron | year= 1988 | publisher= Avon | isbn= 0-380-75384-7 | page= [https://archive.org/details/planetfall00cove/page/298 298] | url= https://archive.org/details/planetfall00cove/page/298 }}</ref> A sequel, ''[[Stationfall]]'', was released in 1987.