<s>
Ripper	B-Device
is	O
a	O
1996	O
interactive	B-Application
movie	I-Application
point-and-click	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Take-Two	O
Interactive	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
and	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
home	O
ports	O
for	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
were	O
announced	O
,	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
ship	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ripper	B-Device
is	O
the	O
second	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
Take-Two	O
developed	O
full-motion	O
video-based	O
adventure	O
games	O
,	O
the	O
other	O
two	O
being	O
Hell	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Cyberpunk	I-Application
Thriller	I-Application
and	O
Black	B-Application
Dahlia	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ripper	B-Device
takes	O
place	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
2040	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
opens	O
with	O
the	O
investigation	O
of	O
the	O
recent	O
murder	O
of	O
Renee	O
Stein	O
,	O
the	O
third	O
victim	O
of	O
a	O
serial	O
killer	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
"	O
,	O
largely	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
modus	O
operandi	O
similarity	O
to	O
Jack	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ripper	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Jake	O
Quinlan	O
,	O
a	O
reporter	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	O
Herald	O
,	O
whom	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
sends	O
messages	O
to	O
detailing	O
his	O
murders	O
(	O
an	O
act	O
attributed	O
to	O
Jack	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ripper	I-Application
,	O
although	O
no	O
letters	O
have	O
been	O
proven	O
to	O
come	O
from	O
him	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Along	O
with	O
the	O
police	O
(	O
whose	O
investigation	O
is	O
headed	O
by	O
Detective	O
Vincent	O
Magnotta	O
)	O
,	O
Quinlan	O
is	O
seeking	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
true	O
identity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
investigating	O
Renee	O
Stein	O
's	O
murder	O
,	O
Quinlan	O
receives	O
a	O
message	O
from	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
,	O
who	O
warns	O
Quinlan	O
that	O
his	O
girlfriend	O
,	O
Catherine	O
Powell	O
,	O
will	O
be	O
the	O
next	O
victim	O
,	O
as	O
she	O
has	O
gotten	O
too	O
close	O
to	O
discovering	O
his	O
identity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
This	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
reference	O
to	O
Jack	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ripper	I-Application
,	O
as	O
the	O
police	O
hypothesized	O
that	O
they	O
might	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
get	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
the	O
killer	O
from	O
the	O
retinas	O
of	O
the	O
victims	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
provides	O
this	O
through	O
investigating	O
into	O
what	O
Powell	O
was	O
on	O
to	O
in	O
her	O
investigation	O
and	O
homes	O
in	O
on	O
three	O
possible	O
suspects	O
for	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
murders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
order	O
to	O
transmit	O
this	O
information	O
into	O
Powell	O
's	O
brain	O
directly	O
,	O
he	O
enlists	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
Joey	O
Falconetti	O
,	O
a	O
hacker	O
who	O
specializes	O
in	O
interfacing	B-Application
directly	I-Application
with	I-Application
the	I-Application
human	I-Application
brain	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quinlan	O
's	O
investigation	O
leads	O
him	O
to	O
discover	O
that	O
all	O
of	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
victims	O
and	O
all	O
of	O
those	O
associated	O
with	O
the	O
investigation	O
of	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
(	O
except	O
Quinlan	O
himself	O
)	O
were	O
involved	O
with	O
an	O
old	O
gaming	O
group	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Web	O
Runners	O
,	O
who	O
played	O
a	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Jack	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ripper	I-Application
mystery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assistance	O
from	O
a	O
pathologist	O
named	O
Vic	O
Farley	O
reveals	O
that	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
murders	O
were	O
done	O
by	O
placing	O
a	O
code	O
into	O
a	O
victim	O
's	O
brain	O
while	O
in	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
that	O
caused	O
their	O
internal	O
body	O
pressure	O
to	O
rise	O
to	O
a	O
point	O
of	O
explosion	O
,	O
which	O
Farley	O
experiences	O
immediately	O
after	O
providing	O
his	O
explanation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quinlan	O
also	O
finds	O
a	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
weapon	O
developed	O
by	O
a	O
murdered	O
cyberarchitect	O
named	O
Hamilton	O
Wofford	O
,	O
designed	O
specifically	O
to	O
kill	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
inside	O
a	O
virtual	O
recreation	O
of	O
the	O
historic	O
Whitechapel	O
district	O
of	O
London	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
Jack	B-Application
the	I-Application
Ripper	I-Application
murders	O
took	O
place	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
assembling	O
the	O
weapon	O
and	O
gathering	O
the	O
necessary	O
protection	O
from	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
weapon	O
,	O
Quinlan	O
enters	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
,	O
kills	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
,	O
and	O
manages	O
to	O
escape	O
the	O
virtual	O
Whitechapel	O
in	O
time	O
to	O
escape	O
its	O
destruction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
can	O
be	O
one	O
of	O
four	O
possible	O
suspects	O
:	O
Joey	O
Falconetti	O
,	O
Claire	O
Burton	O
,	O
Vincent	O
Magnotta	O
,	O
or	O
Catherine	O
Powell	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
each	O
play-through	O
,	O
certain	O
clues	O
and	O
actual	O
identity	O
of	O
The	O
Ripper	B-Device
vary	O
,	O
though	O
the	O
bulk	O
of	O
the	O
story	O
is	O
unchanged	O
,	O
and	O
clues	O
indicating	O
the	O
guilt	O
of	O
all	O
four	O
suspects	O
will	O
appear	O
regardless	O
of	O
who	O
the	O
killer	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
instance	O
,	O
Catherine	O
Powell	O
experiences	O
mysterious	O
surges	O
in	O
brain	B-Algorithm
wave	I-Algorithm
activity	O
that	O
coincide	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
murders	O
regardless	O
of	O
whether	O
or	O
not	O
she	O
actually	O
is	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
,	O
and	O
no	O
alternative	O
explanation	O
for	O
these	O
surges	O
is	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Catherine	O
's	O
mother	O
died	O
during	O
their	O
last	O
Ripper	B-Device
game	O
,	O
Magnotta	O
arrested	O
Falconetti	O
for	O
the	O
murder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magnotta	O
is	O
convinced	O
that	O
Falconetti	O
is	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
,	O
but	O
his	O
obsession	O
may	O
simply	O
be	O
a	O
ruse	O
to	O
cover	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
Magnotta	O
himself	O
is	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Magnotta	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
eager	O
to	O
frame	O
Falconetti	O
as	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
so	O
that	O
he	O
can	O
collect	O
a	O
large	O
bounty	O
for	O
solving	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
course	O
of	O
the	O
investigation	O
,	O
Magnotta	O
becomes	O
increasingly	O
more	O
hostile	O
towards	O
Quinlan	O
,	O
believing	O
him	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
due	O
to	O
the	O
circumstances	O
of	O
Quinlan	O
's	O
encounters	O
with	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
and	O
their	O
victims	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hamilton	O
was	O
hired	O
by	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
to	O
build	O
a	O
replica	O
of	O
Whitechapel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burton	O
arouses	O
suspicion	O
of	O
being	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
when	O
she	O
appears	O
to	O
stall	O
treating	O
Catherine	O
-	O
the	O
only	O
surviving	O
Ripper	B-Device
victim	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
later	O
revealed	O
that	O
Burton	O
invented	O
the	O
weapon	O
that	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
uses	O
in	O
his	O
murders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Burton	O
claims	O
that	O
the	O
weapon	O
was	O
stolen	O
,	O
but	O
whether	O
this	O
is	O
true	O
depends	O
on	O
whether	O
Burton	O
is	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
or	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Falconetti	O
immediately	O
draws	O
suspicion	O
of	O
being	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
with	O
his	O
fascination	O
with	O
knife	O
collecting	O
and	O
his	O
fascination	O
with	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Cohen	O
as	O
Jake	O
Quinlan	O
;	O
an	O
investigative	O
reporter	O
who	O
is	O
investigating	O
and	O
writing	O
about	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
murders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quinlan	O
regularly	O
receives	O
letters	O
and	O
messages	O
from	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
,	O
and	O
Quinlan	O
is	O
forced	O
into	O
chasing	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
when	O
his	O
assistant	O
and	O
lover	O
-	O
Catherine	O
Powell	O
-	O
is	O
attacked	O
by	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quinlan	O
is	O
not	O
well	O
versed	O
in	O
the	O
workings	O
of	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
;	O
thus	O
the	O
player	O
must	O
learn	O
how	O
the	O
technology	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
world	O
works	O
as	O
Quinlan	O
learns	O
it	O
himself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powell	O
begins	O
investigating	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
behind	O
Quinlan	O
's	O
back	O
,	O
hoping	O
to	O
take	O
the	O
story	O
and	O
launch	O
her	O
own	O
career	O
as	O
a	O
reporter	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Powell	O
is	O
comatose	O
for	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
discovered	O
late	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
that	O
her	O
brain	O
activity	O
spikes	O
each	O
day	O
that	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
kills	O
;	O
making	O
Catherine	O
a	O
viable	O
suspect	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
suspicion	O
that	O
Catherine	O
may	O
be	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
is	O
heightened	O
when	O
it	O
's	O
discovered	O
that	O
her	O
mother	O
was	O
killed	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
Ripper	B-Device
Web	O
Runners	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
Catherine	O
was	O
aware	O
of	O
this	O
fact	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jimmie	O
Walker	O
as	O
Soap	O
Beatty	O
;	O
a	O
computer	O
hacker	O
who	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
Catherine	O
's	O
primary	O
sources	O
in	O
her	O
investigation	O
of	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Peter	O
Boyden	O
as	O
Vic	O
Farley	O
;	O
a	O
friendly	O
pathologist	O
who	O
is	O
trying	O
to	O
figure	O
out	O
how	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
commits	O
his	O
murders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacIntyre	O
Dixon	O
as	O
Gambit	O
Nelson	O
;	O
a	O
cyberspace	B-General_Concept
entrepreneur	O
who	O
gives	O
the	O
player	O
critical	O
information	O
about	O
Falconetti	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unfortunately	O
Karl	O
gets	O
freaked	O
out	O
by	O
the	O
Ripper	B-Device
's	O
attacks	O
and	O
leaves	O
New	O
York	O
,	O
depriving	O
Quinlan	O
of	O
a	O
trusted	O
source	O
in	O
the	O
police	O
department	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Considerable	O
effort	O
was	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
sequences	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Writer/lead	O
designer	O
F	O
.	O
J	O
.	O
Lennon	O
commented	O
,	O
"	O
The	O
whole	O
industry	O
wants	O
to	O
crucify	O
FMV	B-Application
,	O
people	O
claim	O
FMV	B-Application
does	O
n't	O
belong	O
in	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
if	O
it	O
's	O
done	O
professionally	O
,	O
I	O
think	O
it	O
can	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ripper	B-Device
had	O
a	O
budget	O
of	O
,	O
of	O
which	O
roughly	O
a	O
quarter	O
paid	O
actors	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
in	O
development	O
for	O
two	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Take	O
2	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
sold	O
over	O
150,000	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
October	O
1997	O
and	O
earned	O
28.7	O
%	O
of	O
all	O
company	O
revenue	O
during	O
that	O
fiscal	O
year	O
,	O
suggesting	O
that	O
as	O
of	O
31	O
October	O
1997	O
(	O
eight	O
months	O
after	O
its	O
release	O
)	O
,	O
Ripper	B-Device
had	O
achieved	O
sales	O
of	O
approximately	O
$	O
3,587,500	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Arinn	O
Dembo	O
of	O
CNET	O
Gamecenter	O
wrote	O
,	O
"[S]low	O
sales	O
,	O
unfortunately	O
,	O
quickly	O
knocked	O
 [ Ripper ] 	O
off	O
retail	O
shelves.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Jeff	O
Sengstack	O
of	O
NewMedia	O
magazine	O
wrote	O
that	O
Ripper	B-Device
"	O
meets	O
,	O
even	O
exceeds	O
,	O
its	O
pre-release	O
hype	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
summarized	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
an	O
engaging	O
horror	O
mystery	O
with	O
immense	O
depth.	O
"	O
</s>
