Ripley's Believe It or Not!: The Riddle of Master Lu

Description

In this game, you control a historical character, Robert Ripley (1893-1949), a famous traveler 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.

Alternate Titles

• "Ripley's Croyez-le ou non ! L'Enigme de Maître Lu" -- French title
• "Ripley's Believe It or Not!: L'enigma di Master Lu" -- Italian title
• "Das Rätsel des Master Lu" -- German title

Part of the Following Groups

• Setting: Interwar
• Visual technique / style: Live-action cutscenes

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User Reviews

Proof that infamous word "video trash" doesn't have to mean bad games	DOS	Hannu Siivonen (18)
A underappreciated romp into the life of a real life Indiana Jones!	DOS	sultan12 (6)

The Press Says

PC Gamer	DOS	Dec, 1995	91 out of 100	91
Quandary	DOS	Jan, 1996		90
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Jan, 1996		90
Joystick (French)	DOS	Jan, 1996	89 out of 100	89
Power Play	DOS	Dec, 1995	87 out of 100	87
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Dec, 1995	80 out of 100	80
OK PC Gamer	DOS	Feb, 1997	80 out of 100	80
Adventurearchiv	DOS	Mar 04, 2005	80 out of 100	80
World Village (Gamer's Zone)	DOS	1999		80
Entertainment Weekly	DOS	Nov 10, 1995	B-	67

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Trivia

If you open the game configuration file RIDDLE.CFG with notepad, you'll find the normal game settings along with some unusual ones, like REASON_FOR_LIVING=MOM'S APPLE PIE and PROGRAMMERS_SIGN=PISCES.