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Bored of the Rings (video game)

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Release date(s)
  
1985

Initial release date
  
1985

Designer
  
Fergus McNeill

Mode(s)
  
Single-player

Developer
  
Delta 4

Genre
  
Interactive fiction

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Platforms
  
ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro

Publishers
  
Delta 4, CRL Group, Silversoft

Similar
  
CRL Group games, Interactive fiction games

Bored of the rings video game


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.

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. It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access.

Reception

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

References

Bored of the Rings (video game) Wikipedia