Bored of the Rings (video game)

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Bored of the Rings
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Developer(s) Delta 4
Publisher(s) Delta 4, CRL Group
Designer(s) Fergus McNeill
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
Release1985
Genre(s) Text adventure game
Mode(s) Single-player

Bored of the Rings is a text adventure game released by Delta 4 in 1985 for several computer systems [1] written using The Quill . [1] [2] It was also released by CRL Group. The game is inspired by, but not based on, the Bored of the Rings parody novel published by Harvard Lampoon. [3] The earlier game The Hobbit is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, The Boggit . [1]

Contents

Plot

Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom. [4]

Gameplay

The game is a standard text adventure with static background graphics in some locations. It accepts verb / noun commands and also short sentence inputs. [5] It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access. [6]

Reception

Zzap!64 thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%. [7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Bored of the Rings at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
  2. ↑ "Richard Price sets out on the road to Rivendull while Tolkien turns in his grave", Sinclair User 7.85, page 96. Archived 2007-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "Bored out of his skull", Sinclair User, 12.85, page 66. Archived September 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 040". July 1985.
  5. ↑ "Bored Of The Rings (c) 1985 Delta 4 Software". worldofspectrum.org. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "gamebase64.com - The Gamebase Collection". www.gb64.com.
  7. ↑ "Bored of the Rings". zzap64.co.uk.
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