Rama (video game)

Rama
Developer(s)Sierra On-Line
Publisher(s)Sierra On-Line
Director(s)J. Mark Hood
Producer(s)Kate Kloos
Designer(s)Gentry Lee
Programmer(s)Steven Hill
Derrick Carlin
Artist(s)Richard Hescox
Derrick Carlin
Writer(s)Gentry Lee
Composer(s)Charles Barth
Platform(s)DOS, Mac OS, PlayStation, Windows
ReleaseDOS/Windows
Mac OS
  • NA: January 1997
  • EU: 1997
PlayStation
Genre(s)Adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Rama is a point and click adventure game, developed and published by Sierra On-Line, and released on DOS and Microsoft Windows in 1996; PlayStation version was released in 1998, but exclusively in Japan. The game is based upon Arthur C. Clarke's books Rendezvous with Rama and Rama II, combining elements of their plots with a story that sees the player assuming the role of a replacement crew member for an expedition to investigate an interstellar ship and uncover its mysteries.

The game, although not a strong commercial success for Sierra, received praise for its puzzles, music, story and alien creatures, though was noted to have similarities to the video game Myst. It is the second game that Clarke was involved in, following the 1984 interactive fiction game Rendezvous with Rama by Telarium.

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