1988 · Level 9 Computing · Adventure · Text adventure
Ingrid's Back
A text adventure centering around a gnome called Ingrid Bottomlow.
- Released
- 1988
- Platforms
- AmigaAmstrad CPCAmstrad PCWApple IIAtari 8-bitAtari ST/STEBBC Microcomputer SystemCommodore C64/128/MAXMS-DOSMSXZX SpectrummacOS
- Genres
- AdventureText adventure
- Developers
- Level 9 Computing
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- Single-player
- Perspective
- First personText
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Country
- United Kingdom
About
Gnome Ranger II: Ingrid's Back is a text adventure game by Level 9, released in 1988. It is the sequel to Gnome Ranger. The game has limited graphics on some platforms. A short novella by Peter McBride is included ("The 2nd Gnettlefield Journal") explaining the background to the story and providing hints for play.
Keywords
- interactive fiction
- female protagonist
- text adventure
- cga graphics
- gnome
The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
Gameplay is similar to Gnome Ranger. The player must explore Ingrid's village while collecting signatures for her petition by interacting with various non-player characters.
Story
Having just returned from her "holiday" in the wilderness, the gnome Ingrid Bottomlow must save her home village of Little Moaning from destruction by a greedy property developer, Jasper Quickbuck. To do this she must get the various uncooperative inhabitants of the village to sign her petition.
Reception
Computer and Video Games gave Ingrid's Back a very favorable review, with reviewer Keith Campbell calling it "the most enjoyable Level 9 adventure [he had] played to date" and praising its humor and difficulty curve.
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
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Platform libraries
Genres
- Text-based gamesOn personal computers › Commercial text adventure games
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