Rameses

Rameses
Game
Main links	Play online IFDB
Published	22 November 2000
Credits
Author	Stephen Bond
Reception
Events	XYZZY Awards 2000 Finalist: Best Game, Best NPCs, Best Story, Best Use of Medium, Best Writing
IFDB rating	4 out of 5 (129 ratings)
Gameplay
Interaction style	Parser
Language	English
Cruelty scale	Merciful
IFDB play time	45 minutes
Accessibility	Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none.
Technical details
Authoring system	Inform 6
Format	Z-code 5
License	Freeware
IFID	ZCODE-1-000905-D436, ZCODE-3-061023-FFD2
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RAMESES
A Tale of Heroes

How it begins

Rameses Alexander Moran is a self-proclaimed "shy, indecisive, and uncharismatic" boy living at an Irish boarding school, which he has only contempt for. He reminisces about his childhood friend Daniel Maguire in a dream as they playfully shout profanities at each other on a busy railway station platform.

He awakes on his bunkbed in a four-bed dormitory.

Notable features

• Rameses is entirely puzzleless.
• It is written in the first person.
• It makes frequent use of the magician's choice technique.

Trivia and Comments

• The game can be 'completed' by repeatedly typing wait at the prompt.

Versions

Competition version

Date: 22 November 2000

• Rameses (Stephen Bond; 22-Nov-2000; Z-code).
  • IFID: ZCODE-1-000905-D436
    IFID links: IFDB
  • IF Comp 2000: 13th place of 53 entries.
  • XYZZY Awards 2000: Winner of Best Individual PC. Also finalist for Best Use of Medium, Best NPCs, Best Story, Best Writing, and Best Game.
  • Files in the inform/rameses/ directory:
    • rameses.z5 (159 KB; story file; download).

Release 2

Date: 28 November 2000

• Rameses (Stephen Bond; 28-Nov-2000; Z-code).

Release 3

Date: 23 October 2006

• Rameses (Stephen Bond; 23-Oct-2006; Z-code).
  • IFID: ZCODE-3-061023-FFD2
    IFID links: IFDB
  • Files:
    • rameses.zblorb (163 KB; story file; download).

Links

N.B. Many IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.

General Info

• Rameses (archived) - at Baf's Guide
• Rameses - at IFDB
• Rameses - at Home of the Underdogs

Reviews

• Rameses - at SPAG - reviewed by Duncan Stevens and Tina Sikorski.
• Rameses - at IFReviews.org
  • IFReview by Paul O'Brian.
  • IFReview by Andrew Plotkin.
• Rameses - at IF Ratings.
• Review - by Paul O'Brian.
• Review - by Dan Shiovitz.
• Review (archive) - by Emily Short at Play This Thing!
• Review - by Duncan Stevens.

Spoilers

• ClubFloyd transcript.

Note: To refer to this game from another page, you can type {{game citation|Rameses}}. This will display as Rameses (Stephen Bond; 2000; Inform 6; Z-code).

Date: 22 November 2000

Date: 28 November 2000

Date: 23 October 2006