 Considered unique among interactive fiction games of its era, "The Prisoner" was reportedly used as a training tool by the Central Intelligence Agency.In 1982, Edu-Ware released a remake, "Prisoner 2", with improved graphics and a limited number of design changes.The game's documentation explained Edu-Ware's view that the "Prisoner" television series was "a political and social statement concerning the problem of keeping one's individuality and personal freedom in a technological society... [which] is a collective prison and [where] each one of us is, in fact, a prisoner."