Bored of the Rings
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 later published by CRL Group on its sister label Silversoft. The game is inspired by, but not based on, the Bored of the Rings parody novel published by Harvard Lampoon.
Bored of the Rings
- Date
- 1985
- Publisher
- CRL Group
- Genre
- interactive fiction
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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 later published by CRL Group on its sister label Silversoft. The game is inspired by, but not based on, the Bored of the Rings parody novel published by Harvard Lampoon.
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The earlier game The Hobbit is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, The Boggit.
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• Title — Bored of the Rings • Designer — Fergus McNeill • Developer — Delta 4 • Publisher — Delta 4, CRL Group • Released — 1985 • Genre — Text adventure game • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
Plot
Plot
Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom.
Gameplay
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.
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1985
Bored of the Rings published.
1985
Bored of the Rings is recorded as published in 1985.
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Zzap!64 thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%.
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