"Very Easy" starts the player off with the Linear Launcher and an unlimited supply of ink ribbons.

The ink ribbon was a long roll the width of the print area that was positioned between the print chain and the paper.

A printer/cassette interface was available, which used an ink ribbon on plain paper.

However, each ink ribbon is used up after each save, which the player must collect in the game world.

The chart and the ink ribbon are driven either by a synchronous motor or by an impulse motor.

A dot matrix printer creates characters by striking pins against ink ribbons.

"Her printer uses ink ribbons," Will reminded us as he anchored an ash with tweezers and added, "I think we may have another one."

To save their progress, the player must pick up an ink ribbon and use it on any of the typewriters scattered through key locations in the game.

However, the supply of ink ribbons the player can acquire is limited much like the player's ammo and healing supplies.

In the game itself, the auto-aiming function was disabled and the numbers of ink ribbons found by the player were reduced.