Rana Rama

Rana Rama is a video game in the action genre developed by Graftgold Ltd. and published by Hewson Consultants Ltd. originally released in 1987. It is currently playable on Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST.

The purpose of apprenticeships is for young people to learn a trade gradually, without putting their lives or the lives of their employers at risk. Unfortunately, no one explained this to the apprentice wizard Mervyn, before he tried to cast a spell to make himself irresistible to females, as the spell failed, and made him attractive only to female frogs. However, his dungeon was soon overrun, and Mervyn was not killed, as he appeared to be a lowly frog.

Seen from above, the goal is to kill the 96 wizards who have invaded the dungeon, which is divided into 8 levels, each consisting of 16 screens and at least 50 rooms. To see what's in a room you have to enter it, similar to the Switchblade games.

The game's rather esoteric title comes from the way you obtain spells to enhance the four types of power you have (power, attack, defense, and effect). When you encounter a spellcaster, you enter a mini-game in which the letters RANARAMA are in random order, and by swapping pairs of letters in sequence you must form the complete word in the shortest time possible. This system of having a sub-game to collect upgrades is similar to the concept of 'grappling' in Paradroid.

With this you get up to four of the Runes (Mysticism, Witchcraft, Magecraft and Runecraft), each of which can be used in one of the four types of power. Magecraft's offensive use is a fireball, Runecraft's defense makes you invisible to enemies, and Witchcraft's special effect allows you to leap through space. If you lose a life, you lose all of these powers, and if you lose another life, it's game over.

It is possible that we have multiple downloads available when different versions exist.