![]() ![]() It may thus come as a disappointment that Robinette does not feature at all in Legend’s game, which pretty much throws out everything but the setting of Robinette’s experiences: the titular Gateway space station. Broadhead underwent some fairly intense trials to have ended up in this situation, and you would discover this to be correct as you read the first book. ![]() The first book and much of the subsequent novels are largely focused on Robinette Broadhead, to whom Pohl introduces us as he undergoes extensive psychotherapy at the “hands” of an AI named Sigfrid. Campbell awards upon its first release in 1977 and spawning several sequels. In fact, Frederik Pohl’s Gateway is itself a fairly distinguished novel as science fiction goes, winning the Hugo, Nebula, and John W. Finally, along with Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon, it diverges from the rest by taking place in a science fiction setting rather than fantasy. Unlike those other later games, it uses Legend’s older game engine, also seen in the Spellcasting series and Eric the Unready, and it’s also unique in that it merited a sequel. It’s the first game Legend released that was based on a pre-existing series of books, preceding Death Gate, Xanth, Shannara, and Callahan’s Crosstime Saloon. Gateway is rather distinguished in Legend Entertainment’s adventure game lineup. ![]()
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