Gnome Ranger

Gnome Ranger
Developer(s)	Level 9 Computing
Publisher(s)	Level 9
Platform(s)	Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Macintosh, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, MSX, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum
Release	1987
Genre(s)	Interactive fiction
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gnome Ranger is a text adventure game by Level 9 released in 1987.^[1] It was followed by a sequel titled Ingrid's Back.^[1]

Plot[]

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The gnome Ingrid Bottomlow has displeased her family by her un-gnomelike behaviour, such as going off to university and getting an education. She has been teleported from her village by a faulty scroll, and must find her way back..

Gameplay[]

The game is a standard text adventure with limited graphics on some platforms. It comes with a short novella by Peter McBride ("The Gnettlefield Journal") explaining Ingrid's predicament and setting the background to the story. Gameplay is similar to the earlier Level 9 adventure Knight Orc, which uses the same game engine (KAOS). The player must explore the settings while collecting useful items and interacting with various non-player characters to solve puzzles and problems.

The game takes place in three areas, each characterized by the non-player characters Ingrid will meet. The first contains characters of an animal nature, the second of a vegetable nature, and the third of a mineral nature.

Reception[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Gnome Ranger at MobyGames
• Gnome Ranger at Lemon Amiga
• Gnome Ranger at Lemon 64
• Gnome Ranger in the Interactive Fiction Database