Floyd

    For the German authoring system, see Floyd (language).

    Floyd is also the name of a bot on the ifMUD.

    Floyd is also the name of a Speed-IF game by Adam Biltcliffe.

    Floyd the Bouncer is an unrelated minor character in Zork Grand Inquisitor.

Floyd is your lovable yet childlike robot companion in two of Infocom's games: Planetfall and Stationfall. He likes to play paddleball and draw on walls with a blue crayon.

Game appearances

Note: All appearances are as an NPC.

• Planetfall (Steve Meretzky, publisher: Infocom; 1983; Z-code).
• Stationfall (Steve Meretzky, publisher: Infocom; 1987; Z-code).
• Floyd (Adam Biltcliffe; 2001; Z-code). Speed-IF Schmeed-IF.
  This appearance may be considered both unofficial and referencial since the Floyd NPC in this game is a robot actor hired to play the role of Floyd from the Infocom games.

Quotes

From Planetfall:

• Floyd exclaims: 'Oh boy, are we going to try something dangerous now?'
  [This example of metalepsis occurs in response to a save command.]