| 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 |
| Release | 1985 |
| 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 written using The Quill. 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. The earlier game The Hobbit is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, The Boggit.
Plot
Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom.
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. It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access.
Reception
Reception| Publication | Award |
|---|---|
| Sinclair User | SU Classic |
Zzap!64 thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%.
See also
- Kingdom O' Magic, another fantasy parody game by the same designer
References
- ^ Bored of the Rings at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- "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
- "Bored out of his skull", Sinclair User, 12.85, page 66. Archived September 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 040". July 1985.
- "Bored Of The Rings (c) 1985 Delta 4 Software". worldofspectrum.org. Retrieved 19 August 2023.
- "gamebase64.com - The Gamebase Collection". www.gb64.com.
- "Bored of the Rings". zzap64.co.uk.
External links
- Bored of the Rings at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- Bored of the Rings at Lemon 64
- Bored of the Rings at MobyGames
- Bored of the Rings (video game) in the Interactive Fiction Database
| CRL Group | |
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| Video games | |
- 1980s interactive fiction
- 1985 video games
- Amstrad CPC games
- BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games
- Commodore 64 games
- CRL Group games
- Delta 4 games
- Middle-earth parodies
- Parody video games
- Single-player video games
- Video games based on Middle-earth
- Video games based on novels
- Video games developed in the United Kingdom
- ZX Spectrum games