The Boggit: Bored Too

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Developer(s) Delta 4
Publisher(s) CRL Group
Designer(s) Fergus McNeill
Judith Child
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release1986
Genre(s) Interactive fiction
Mode(s) Single-player

The Boggit: Bored Too is a text adventure game by Delta 4 released in 1986 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is a parody of the J. R. R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit and of the earlier game based upon it also called The Hobbit . It is the prequel to Bored of the Rings .

Contents

Plot

Bimbo Faggins and Grandalf must find treasure, solve puzzles, and appear on a gameshow.

Gameplay

The game is in 3 separate parts, each of which is loaded separately. Commands are entered in either full sentences or using a verb / noun format. Conversations with other characters in the game are possible.

The player can also save and load a game position in computer memory. [1]

Reception

Sinclair User magazine wrote that The Boggit was "just as funny and sick as its predecessor but is better presented and a whole lot snappier. It's miles better than the game it lampoons too." [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Complete Instructions typed in by Paul Thompson". April 2003. Retrieved Aug 9, 2024.
  2. ↑ Price, Richard (August 1986). "The Boggit". Sinclair User (August 1986): 76–77.
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