After the Sandy Fabulous case, Baldie was promoted to patrolman, while hard-
boiled detective Fedora Spade is still stuck at the special homicide unit.
Another day, another hangover, until Daphne Marshall barges in, a transfer
from the main department. She is assigned to help him with a new murder, but
at the same time she is linked to someone in the Crimson April case, a memory
Spade considers best left forgotten.

In the new case, Spade has to investigate the death of boxing champion Sting
Likeabee, who died in a fight against the Russian Ivan Molotov. To the outside
world, it is described as an unfortunate accident, but it is actually a cover-
up because of the political tension between the Soviets and the US. Daphne
works together with Spade for the entire game, but cannot be controlled.

Unlike the first game, which was more of a short introduction to the series,
The Red Ring has longer gameplay. The game has a menu-driven interface, and
now there are many more puzzles, characters, locations and clues. Progress is
achieved by examining evidence and clues and then using them appropriately in
conversations to lean on suspects. A small amount of the art, which consists
entirely of still images, has been reused and most of it is entirely new.
Spade can move between different locations using his car. The game also
introduces a computer to search the police database for clues and covers two
days in game time. Despite the serious theme, the characters have cheesy names
and stereotypic personalities and behaviour, along with funny sound effects
during the conversations.

Fedora Spade: The Red Ring