Rendezvous with Rama
Platform: Commodore 64
Gametype: Undefined
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Based on Arthur C. Clarke's classic science fiction novel Rendezvous With Rama.

After an uncatalogued giant asteroid is discovered approaching Earth, scientists soon realize that it is in reality an alien starship. As commander of the spaceship Endeavor, and being the nearest to the gargantuan ship, it is up to you to rendezvous with it and explore it before it leaves the Solar system.

Alternate Titles
"Cita con Rama" -- Spanish title

Trivia
Arthur C. Clark's Rendezvous With Rama Sci-Fi novel won the Campbell, Hugo, Jupiter and Nebula awards all in one year.

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Description from the packaging:

By now, the year 2130, all of the largest asteroids in the solar system have long since been discovered. Smaller ones are being found at the rate of a dozen a day. So when a huge new asteroid appears the only surprise is that it was overlooked for so long. It is duly assigned the next available name, Rama, and is promptly forgotten about- but not for long.
As Rama approaches Earth, every question about it seems to have an answer that raises more questions. And as observations continue, the most impossible explanation becomes the only one: Rama is actually a spaceship.

The next step is obvious: Mankind must attempt a rendezvous. But only one of our spaceships is close enough. As fate has it, that ship is the Endeavor- the ship that you command.
Without even reading them, you know what your orders will be: to rendezvous with the giant ship, to explore it, to meet with its inhabitants, and to return home before it speeds on its orbit away from the solar system.
Yet even in your excitement, you realize it is not an easy mission. You will have to make difficult decisions- many of them. And you will have to work very fast- because if you stay on Rama too long, returning home will be impossible.
From the first moment it has become clear: this is the mission of your lifetime. Thousands would gladly sacrifice anything for the chance to be in your shoes. But only you have that chance. Only you can explore Rama.

Rendezvous with Rama is the first computer adventure game to be produced in collaboration with Arthur C. Clarke. The program allows you to talk with three other crew members, and comes complete with detailed maps of Rama and the Endeavor. Multiple disks offer extended play- and the game may be played with or without graphics.
Arthur C. Clarke, world-famous author of 2001: A Space Odyssey, continues to be a major force in science fiction; over twenty million copies of his books have been printed world-wide. The novel Rendezvous with Rama has won the three highest science fiction awards: the Hugo, the Nebula, and the John W. Campbell Awards.

The adventure game Rendezvous with Rama was developed and produced by Byron Preiss Video Productions, Inc., leading designers of entertainment and educational software. Their technical director is Lee Jacknow.

"When you entered a saga, you were not merely a passive observer, as in the crude entertainments of the primitive times. ...You could go into these phantom worlds with your friends seeking excitement and as long as the game lasted there was no way it could be distinguished from reality." - Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, 1953
"When I wrote those words in The City and the Stars over three decades ago, I certainly never dreamed that this sort of thing would happen during my lifetime- still less that I would be involved! Rendezvous with Rama is a splendid interactive adventure based on my novel. The exploration of its subject, an alien starship, is a fitting context for this exciting and ambitious computer software. It is the shape of things to come." - Arthur C. Clarke, 1984.
