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Jack the Ripper
Publisher(s)CRL Group
Designer(s)St. Bride's School
Platform(s)Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1987
Genre(s)Text Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Jack the Ripper is a text adventure game released by CRL in Template:Vgy for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is based on notorious "Jack the Ripper" murders of the 1880s.

Plot

A murderer is roaming the East End of London and the police suspect you of being responsible. You must clear your name by exposing the real culprit.

Gameplay

The game is a standard text adventure with static graphics in some locations to set the scene.

Reception

As with the earlier CRL adventures Dracula and Frankenstein, the game was was classified by the British Board of Film Censors, receiving an "18" certificate for its gory graphics.

  • Sinclair User review:

    "The first game ever to receive an "18" certificate. Very literate effort from St. Brides, with 'gore' added by CRL..."[1]

References

  1. ^ "Jack the Ripper Review", Sinclair User, January 1988
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