''Rigel's Revenge'' is a

text adventure Interactive fiction (IF) is software simulating environments in which players use text Command (computing), commands to control Player character, characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narrati ...

published in 1987 for the

Amstrad CPC The Amstrad CPC (short for "Colour Personal Computer") is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the ZX Spec ...

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, and

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home computers by

Mastertronic Mastertronic was originally a publisher and distributor of low-cost computer game software founded in 1983. Their first games were launched on April 2, 1984. At its peak the label was one of the largest software publishers in the UK, achieved ...

on their "Bulldog" label. It was written by British studio Smart Egg Software using a heavily modified version of '' The Quill'', an adventure-authoring package.

Plot

Harper and Elliot, two 23rd-century investigative journalists, have joined an organisation called the Alterian Corps in order to further their careers. They have been sent on a mission to the planet Rigel V which is in a state of war with one region holding out against the Federation troops attempting to conquer it. The Rigellians claim to possess a Doomsday Machine which will enact a terrible revenge if the Federation refuse to withdraw from the planet. Elliot has been smuggled in by the Alterian Corps in the guise of a Rigellian trooper with a mission to locate the whereabouts of the Doomsday Machine and report to Harper who is to follow one week later. Harper has instructions to meet Elliot at night in a certain backstreet in the occupied sector of the town. tp://ftp.worldofspectrum.org/pub/sinclair/games-info/r/RigelsRevenge.txt

Gameplay

The player takes control of Harper. The parser accepts standard text adventure commands and can understand simple sentences such as THROW RUBBLE AT THE TANK and LOOK INSIDE THE SATCHEL. The game's interaction with the player is mainly through text output, but occasionally during the game static graphics are displayed.

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* * * {{IFDB, id=dfu3wifz0lspp1ky 1980s interactive fiction 1987 video games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games Fiction set around Rigel Mastertronic games Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games