Bored of the Rings (video game)

Bored of the Rings

Developer(s) Delta 4
Publisher(s) Delta 4, CRL Group
Designer(s) Fergus McNeill
Platform(s) Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Release date(s) 1985
Genre(s) Text adventure game
Mode(s) Single-player
Media/distribution Tape

Bored of the Rings is a text adventure game released by Delta 4 in 1985 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and the ZX Spectrum[1] computers 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.

Gameplay

The game is a standard text adventure with static background graphics in some locations.

References

  1. ^ a b c Bored of the Rings at World of Spectrum
  2. ^ Sinclair User 7.85, page 96
  3. ^ Sinclair User, 12.85, page 66

External links

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