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Rendezvous with Rama

DOS - 1985
Also available on: Apple II - Commodore 64 - MSX

Rendezvous with Rama is a disappointing game based on Arthur C. Clarke's classic sci-fi novel of the same name. As captain of the ship, your task is to dock with and explore Rama, a huge alien vessel complete with large cities and strange mechanical inhabitants. Telarium's parser is adequate, although nothing special.

You are in command of several crew members, whom you can ask for advice (not very helpful) or order to do your bidding. Interactions with your crew and other characters, however, are minimal, and most of the time you will be staring at vast areas of Rama that are depressingly devoid of life. Puzzles center around finding use for various alien gadgets you find, but solving them requires a lot of trial-and-error as there are very little clues.

Boring writing, uninspired graphics, and lack of player interaction make this game another waste of a famous literary license. Play Sierra's CD-ROM game Rama instead for a much more authentic and enjoyable adventure.

Review By HOTUD

How to Play

Instructions for the game, provided by Dimwit Flathead.

Comments and reviews

Dimwit Flathead 12 Apr. 2025

This game is full of bugs. Type "get belt" before you do anything and it says BAD_OBJ and then quits. On DOS it drops you to the C: prompt, and on the C64 it restarts! LOL! When you try to examine a door it says D_DO. I presume that's supposed to mean door description. Someone wanted this out the door quickly.

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Dimwit Flathead 11 Apr. 2025

The docs are here:

https://www.lemon64.com/doc/rendezvous-with-rama/488

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MobileJAD 07 Jul. 2024

I remember playing this on a Apple II at school! I was only a little kid at the time and no idea what I was doing, good times!

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The Old Gringo 19 May. 2014

Rendezvous with Rama; the first game I bought for my Apple II E, 512Kb with two floppy disc drives, and green screen monitor. As described by the reviewer, the game was never completed too many dead ends with no clues to advance. Finally after exhausting everything I could think of, I gave up in frustration.

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Spidergoof43 19 Mar. 2011

Great !!

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Downloads

DOS version
Game file
United Kingdom English
208 KB
Commodore 64 version
Game file
United Kingdom English
207 KB
MSX version
Disk 2 of 2

DSK format

Spain Spanish
421 KB
Disk 2 of 2 Alt Version

DSK format

Spain Spanish
47 KB
Disk 1 of 2

DSK format

Spain Spanish
266 KB
Disk 2 of 2 Alt Version

DSK format

Spain Spanish
47 KB
Disk 1 of 2

DSK format

Spain Spanish
384 KB
Apple II version
Game file
United Kingdom English
213 KB

Extras

Manual Manual 1
Provided by Project 64
DOS 24 KB English English

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