Jack the Ripper
Cover art
Developer(s)Galilea Games
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • NA: January 29, 2004[1]
  • EU: March 4, 2004
Mode(s)Single-player

Jack the Ripper is an adventure video game, based upon the unidentified serial killer Jack the Ripper. The game was released for Microsoft Windows in 2004. It was developed by Galilea Games and published by The Adventure Company.

The game is set in New York in 1901, where James Palmer, a reporter of the newspaper New York Today, is investigating a set of murders similar to those of "Jack the Ripper" in Whitechapel thirteen years earlier; the murders turn out to be the work of the actual Ripper.[2]

Reception

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[3]

References

  1. ^ Adams, David (January 29, 2004). "Jack the Ripper Ships". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Woods and Baddeley, p. 75
  3. ^ a b "Jack the Ripper for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Red Ventures. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  4. ^ Dickens, Evan (February 18, 2004). "Jack the Ripper review". Adventure Gamers. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  5. ^ "Review: Jack the Ripper". Computer Games Magazine. No. 164. theGlobe.com. July 2004. p. 69.
  6. ^ Cook, Denice (May 2004). "Jack the Ripper" (PDF). Computer Gaming World. No. 238. Ziff Davis. p. 89. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  7. ^ Osborne, Scott (January 30, 2004). "Jack the Ripper Review". GameSpot. Red Ventures. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  8. ^ Harker, Carla (March 10, 2004). "GameSpy: Jack the Ripper". GameSpy. IGN Entertainment. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  9. ^ David, Mike (February 10, 2004). "Jack the Ripper - PC - Review". GameZone. Archived from the original on September 30, 2008. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  10. ^ Krause, Staci (February 11, 2004). "Jack the Ripper". IGN. Ziff Davis. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  11. ^ Superpanda (March 9, 2004). "Test: Jack L'Eventreur : New-York 1901". Jeuxvideo.com (in French). Webedia. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  12. ^ Saltzman, Marc (May 2004). "Jack the Ripper". PC Gamer. Vol. 11, no. 5. Imagine Media. p. 75. Archived from the original on March 15, 2006. Retrieved February 16, 2022.

External links

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