Return of the Ring

Return of the Ring is a single-player role-playing game. In the first game The Ring of Darkness, the player became Ringbearer, wielder of the Four Bright Rings, who has rested the awesome Ring Of Darkness from its guardian Gron, servant of the Evil Sage. The player is now tasked with returning the ring to its creators, the masters of Ringworld. Transported to a mysterious city on a decaying planet, the last vestige of a once great civilization. Communication with planet Aingworld has been broken.

At the start of each game, the player distributes 50 points over 4 statistics: strength, intelligence, charisma, and regenerations. The player then chooses from human, dwarf, or elf race, and technician, warrior, or trader class. This race and class effects overall attributes at the start of game. The game is divided into separate text adventure segments, overland segments where the player can engage in combat with mutants, and 3D sections from a 1st person perspective.

Locations are visually displayed on the screen, and the player can engage in combat with creatures they see on the world surface. Equipment and armor can be picked up and equipped. The player can transact with the residents of the planet to earn clues, gain quests, and buy or sell items. On the world surface are numerous teleporters which can be activated to transport the player to different cities, and pass keys must be obtained to gain access to most new locations.