Gnome Ranger

A sequel was published in 1988: Ingrid's Back.

• Title — Gnome Ranger • Developer — Level 9 Computing • Designer — Peter Austin • Artist — Godfrey Dowson • Programmer — Mike Austin • Publisher — Level 9 • Released — 1987 • Engine — KAOS • Genre — Adventure • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Macintosh, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, BBC Micro, MSX, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum

The gnome Ingrid Bottomlow has displeased her family by her un-gnomelike behaviour, such as going off to university and getting an education. She has been teleported from her village by a faulty scroll, and must find her way back...

• Illustration — The game's parser allows the player to perform complex tasks (Atari ST screenshot). The game is a text adventure with limited graphics on some systems. It comes with a short novella by Peter McBride ("The Gnettlefield Journal") explaining Ingrid's predicament and setting the background to the story. Gameplay is similar to the earlier Level 9 adventure Knight Orc, which uses the same game engine (KAOS). The player must explore the settings while collecting useful items and interacting with various non-player characters to solve puzzles and problems. The game takes place in three areas, each characterized by the non-player characters Ingrid will meet. The first contains characters of an animal nature, the second of a vegetable nature, and the third of a mineral nature.