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{{GameDescription| | {{GameDescription| | ||
name=Ripley's Believe it or not!:<br>The Riddle of Master Lu| | name=Ripley's Believe it or not!:<br />The Riddle of Master Lu| | ||
release=1995| | release=1995| | ||
alternateNames=| | alternateNames=Riddle of Master Lu| | ||
publisher=[[Sanctuary Woods]]| | publisher=[[Sanctuary Woods]]| | ||
developer=[[Sanctuary Woods]]| | developer=[[Sanctuary Woods]]| | ||
platforms=DOS| | platforms=DOS| | ||
engine=[[M4]]| | engine=[[M4]]| | ||
support=Not officially supported.<br/>A WIP engine is available<br/>in our SVN repository| | support=Not officially supported.<br />A WIP engine is available<br />in our SVN repository| | ||
purchase=No | purchase=No | ||
}} | }} | ||
In this game, you control a historical character, Robert Ripley (1893-1949), a famous | In this game, you control a historical character, Robert Ripley (1893-1949), a famous traveller and collector of rarities. One day, during a travel in Egypt, Ripley was attacked by mysterious Chinese assassins. The trail leads him and his Chinese girlfriend Mei Chen to the Forbidden City of Beijing. There he becomes involved in a mystery that will take him to exotic locations all around the globe. | ||
The game plays like a traditional puzzle-solving adventure. Ripley will have to talk to various people, searching for information, but the main emphasis of the gameplay is still on puzzles, mainly inventory-based. The game features live actors filmed over pre-rendered backgrounds. Cut scenes are often presented as full-motion movies shown in small screens with close-up on the actors. | The game plays like a traditional puzzle-solving adventure. Ripley will have to talk to various people, searching for information, but the main emphasis of the gameplay is still on puzzles, mainly inventory-based. The game features live actors filmed over pre-rendered backgrounds. Cut scenes are often presented as full-motion movies shown in small screens with close-up on the actors. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-the-riddle-of-master-lu MobyGames entry for Master Lu] | * [http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/ripleys-believe-it-or-not-the-riddle-of-master-lu MobyGames entry for Riddle of Master Lu] | ||
[[Category:M4 Games|Riddle of Master Lu]] | [[Category:M4 Games|Riddle of Master Lu]] | ||
[[Category:Unsupported Games]] | [[Category:Unsupported Games]] | ||