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Gnome Ranger

OCS

Information

Year of the first release

1987

License

Commercial

Number of disks (or CD)

Publisher

Level 9 - Worldwide

Number max of players

Budget publisher

Simultaneous max players

Developer

Level 9

Language

English

Artists

Coder : John Jones-Steele (Abersoft)
Coder : Mike Austin
Coder : Nick Austin
Musician : Godfrey Dowson
Misc : Mike Austin
Misc : Pete Austin
Misc : Pete McBride

Language in manual

English

Hardware

OCS

Amiga original game

Have cheatcode

Have SPS release

yes

WHD install

yes

WHD information

Author	Psygore
Updated	2009-09-16 15:30:40

HD install

unknown

HD notes

Genre
Category	Adventure
Subcategory	Adventure - Text With Still Pics
Dimension	2D
Theme	Fantasy - Nonsense World
Theme	Fantasy - Wizards, Witches & Warlocks
Viewpoint	First Person

Conversion hardware

Amstrad/Schneider CPC464/664/6128
Amstrad/Schneider CPC6128(+)
Amstrad/Schneider PC1512/PC1640
Amstrad/Schneider PcW 8256/8512/9256/9512/10
Apple II/IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari 800/130/XL/XE
Atari ST/E
BBC Master 128/512/Compact/Turbo (Acorn)
BBC Micro/Electron (Acorn)
Commodore C64/128
MSX 1/2
PC (DOS)
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 128/+2/+3
Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48/128/+2/+3 – Timex TS2068/TC2068/TC2048

Conversion notes

PC versions: 80-column text mode, CGA, EGA, Amstrad PC

N.B. The MSX/BBC Micro conversions ran only on memory-expanded machines (i.e. MSX 64k, BBC 48k+).

Classic compilation

Relationship

is a precursor to Gnome Ranger II: Ingrid's Back!
is a precursor to Ingrid's Back!

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Rarity: Rare

Notes:

[1] Game design by Pete Austin. KAOS adventure system by Mike Austin and John Jones-Steele; original game coding by Mike Austin; Amiga conversion by Nick Austin and John Jones-Steele. Original graphics by Godfrey Dowson. Gnomic text by Peter McBride.

[2] Prequel to INGRID'S BACK! © 1987 Level 9.

TRIVIA: Reportedly, GNOME RANGER III: GNOME FREE - a third installment planned in the game series - was designed and written, but coding was never initiated on any platform.