Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch – The Retro Gaming Treasury

Ringworld – Final Rating

On September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko As with some other games based on science fiction novels, I think we’re going to find that Ringworld is an interesting but flawed attempt to bring the deep story of a novel into an interactive adventure game. In some ways, Ringworld is a very traditional adventure game […]

Ringworld – Won!

On September 22, 2019September 22, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko Quinn’s Journal #4: “Telepath helmets are apparently a bad idea. Good thing I had that neural wave blocker we found. All’s well that ends well, except we still haven’t found Louis Wu and Chmeee. But the Patriarch is neutralized and that’s a good day’s work. I just […]

Ringworld – Two Boxes and a Repurposed Probe

On September 15, 2019September 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko Quinn’s Journal #3: “We’re making good progress on collecting these stasis boxes. Hindmost keeps demanding answers we don’t have or don’t want to give. We’d do better if he’d just leave us alone to do what he sent us here for. At least Seeker hasn’t been putting […]

Ringworld – Five Aliens and a Stasis Box

On August 25, 2019August 25, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko Quinn’s Journal #2: “I’ve managed to escape with Chmeee’s son in the prototype ship, but now the Puppeteers want us to go retrieve some ancient technology in stasis boxes on Ringworld. How are we ever going to catch up with the Destroyer? These boxes are not exactly […]

Ringworld – Three Stuns and Five Wires

On August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko Quinn’s Journal #1: “What a strange business this is. First, my old friend Louis Wu disappeared, and managed to see it coming soon enough to alert me, and then I found that his contact Chmeee had also disappeared under unusual circumstances. I had very little time to […]

Game 111: Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch (1992) – Introduction

On August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 By IndieRetroNews

Written by Reiko The last game I played through for the blog was Dune (let’s pretend Rome never happened), which was more or less based on the famous science fiction novel, and before that was Gateway. Up next, I have the opportunity to present another game based on a famous […]