The Ring: Terror's Realm
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| Developer(s) | Asmik Ace Entertainment |
| Publisher(s) | Infogrames |
| Release date(s) | September 9, 2000 (U.S.) |
| Genre(s) | Survival horror |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Rating(s) | ESRB: Mature |
| Platform(s) | Sega Dreamcast |
| System requirements | VMU 12 blocks |
The Ring: Terror's Realm is a video game developed by Asmik Ace Entertainment and published by Infogrames in 2000. A single player survival horror, it is based on the Ring series of novels by Japanese author Koji Suzuki, which also inspired the Japanese film Ring (1998) and its American remake, The Ring (2002).
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[edit] Premise
Sadako's curse has taken the form of a computer program which transports users into a virtual reality world.
[edit] Reception
In a review submitted to "the ringworld", a fansite dedicated to Ring, contributors C. Gavlas and K. Gavlas called it "a crude, clumsy Resident Evil-style survival horror video game" and "a pretty depressing homage to Ring."[1] Those unfamiliar with Suzuki's works were equally unimpressed. The staff at IGN.com said "The lowest rung on the ladder of Dreamcast survival horror games, The Ring: Terror's Realm is just an average jaunt into the dark side",[2] while a contributor to the Planet Dreamcast website declared it "hands-down the worst thing I've ever experienced on the Dreamcast."[3] Greg Wilcox of GameTour.com described it as "one of those games that will make you wonder what sort of legal or illegal substances the developers were taking while they were making this one. The game is a combination of bad and weird, mostly leaning toward the bad". Wilcox also noted that one of the Ring films he'd seen was, in his opinion, "a hell of a lot scarier than what's here".[4]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Gavlas, C. and Gavlas, K. The Ring: Terror's Realm. The Ringworld. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
- ^ IGN Staff. The Ring: Terror's Realm. IGN Dreamcast. August 22, 2000. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
- ^ The Ring: Terror's Realm. Planet Dreamcast. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
- ^ Wilcox, Greg. The Ring: Terror's Realm. Game Tour. Retrieved June 25, 2005.
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Novels: Ring • Spiral • Loop • The Birthday
Japanese Films: Ring 0: Birthday • Ring • Ring 2 • Rasen
American Films: The Ring • Rings • The Ring Two • The Ring 3
Korean Films: The Ring Virus
Curses: Samara Morgan • Sadako Yamamura • Eun-Suh Park • The Video • Towel-Headed Man
Other topics: Anna Morgan • Richard Morgan • Moesko Island Lighthouse • Hideo Nakata • She Is Here • Koji Suzuki • Terror's Realm
