Software:Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch

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Short description: 1993 video game
Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch
Cover art by John T. Shaw
Developer(s)Tsunami Games
Publisher(s)Tsunami Games
Designer(s)Robert Eric Heitman
Chris Hoyt
John Jarrett
Programmer(s)Nancy Churchill
Robert Eric Heitman
Chris Hoyt
Artist(s)Douglas Herring
Composer(s)Ken Allen
SeriesRingworld
Platform(s)DOS
Release1993
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Ringworld: Revenge of the Patriarch is a 1993 video game by Tsunami Games for DOS. It is based on Larry Niven's Ringworld novel series. A sequel, Return to Ringworld, was released in 1994.

Gameplay

Ringworld is a point and click adventure game involving puzzles.[1]

Plot

The Patriarch of the Kzinti empire has vowed revenge against the Puppeteer race for their genetic manipulation of the Kzinti. To achieve this, they have created an advanced prototype starship armed with an ancient Slaver weapon capable of destroying planets. The Patriarch first dispatches the ship with the goal of killing the family of the Kzin traitor Speaker-to-Animals, who has taken the name Chmeee. Once done, they will then seek out the home world of the Puppeteers and destroy it. The human Quinn is also travelling to meet with Chmeee to help find Louis Wu who has disappeared. Together, Quinn and Chmeee must travel to Ringworld to find Louis Wu and stop the Kzinti's genocidal plot against the Puppeteers.

Reception

In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Ringworld the 14th-worst computer game ever released.[1]

Sequel

The game had a sequel named Return to Ringworld, published in 1994.[2]

Reviews

  • Power Play (German) (May 1993)
  • Play Time (German) (May 1993)
  • Joystick (French) (September 1993)[3]
  • PC Joker (March 1993)[4]
  • Power Play (April 1993)[5]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "150 Best (And 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World (148): 94. November 1996. http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_148.pdf. 
  2. ↑ MobyGames is a commercial database website that catalogs information on video games and the people and companies behind them via crowdsourcing. This includes over 300,000 games for hundreds of platforms. Founded in 1999, ownership of the site has changed hands several times. It has been owned by Atari SA since 2022.

    Features

    Edits and submissions to the site (including screenshots, box art, developer information, game summaries, and more) go through a verification process of fact-checking by volunteer "approvers". This approval process after submission can range from minutes to days or months. The most commonly used sources are the video game's website, packaging, and credit screens. There is a published standard for game information and copy-editing. A ranking system allows users to earn points for contributing accurate information.

    Registered users can rate and review games. Users can create private or public "have" and "want" lists, which can generate a list of games available for trade with other registered users. The site contains an integrated forum. Each listed game can have its own sub-forum.

    History

    Logo used until March 2014

    MobyGames was founded on March 1, 1999, by Jim Leonard and Brian Hirt, and joined by David Berk 18 months later, the three of which had been friends since high school. Leonard had the idea of sharing information about computer games with a larger audience. The database began with information about games for IBM PC compatibles, relying on the founders' personal collections. Eventually, the site was opened up to allow general users to contribute information. In a 2003 interview, Berk emphasized MobyGames' dedication to taking video games more seriously than broader society and to preserving games for their important cultural influence.

    In mid-2010, MobyGames was purchased by GameFly for an undisclosed amount. This was announced to the community post factum , and the site's interface was given an unpopular redesign. A few major contributors left, refusing to do volunteer work for a commercial website.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025} On December 18, 2013, MobyGames was acquired by Jeremiah Freyholtz, owner of Blue Flame Labs (a San Francisco-based game and web development company) and VGBoxArt (a site for fan-made video game box art). Blue Flame Labs reverted MobyGames' interface to its pre-overhaul look and feel, and for the next eight years, the site was run by Freyholtz and Independent Games Festival organizer Simon Carless.

    On November 24, 2021, Atari SA announced a potential deal with Blue Flame Labs to purchase MobyGames for $1.5 million. The purchase was completed on 8 March 2022, with Freyholtz remaining as general manager. Over the next year, the financial boost given by Atari led to a rework of the site being built from scratch with a new backend codebase, as well as updates improving the mobile and desktop user interface. This was accomplished by investing in full-time development of the site instead of its previously part-time development.

    In 2024, MobyGames began offering a paid "Pro" membership option for the site to generate additional revenue. Previously, the site had generated income exclusively through banner ads and (from March 2014 onward) a small number of patrons via the Patreon website.

    On February 13, 2025, Freyholtz stepped down as the site lead to move onto new projects, leaving operations to Tracy Poff, a veteran coder on the site, and Atari staff.

    See also

    • IGDB – game database used by Twitch for its search and discovery functions

    References

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  3. ↑ "041 - Page 170" (in fr). Joystick (41). September 1993. ISSN 0994-4559. http://download.abandonware.org/magazines/Joystick/joystick_numero041/Joystick%20041%20-%20Page%20170%20(septembre%201993).jpg. 
  4. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! - Ringworld Revenge of the Patriarch - PC Joker". https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=951. 
  5. ↑ "Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! - Ringworld Revenge of the Patriarch - Power Play". https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=5811. 

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