Also For
BBC Micro, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Released
1985
Published by
Delta 4 Software
Developed by
Delta 4 Software

Narrative
Comedy
Gameplay
Interactive Fiction / Text Adventure
Visual
Fixed / Flip-screen
Genre
Adventure
Setting
Fantasy
Interface
Text Parser
Perspective
1st-person

Description

No prizes for guessing the inspiration for this one. The Great Ring needs to be returned to Mount Doom, a treacherous task to be undertaken by Fordo the Boggit. Spam, Pimply and Murky are his country-bumpkin friends, and he will later meet with Bumbadil and Hashberry, two old hippies. The main quest involves meeting up with Legoland the Elf, Giblet the Dwarf and Aragont.

In keeping with the humour, familiar locations become "the featureless plain below the pink mountain", "Lake Anadin" and the "Land of the Personal-Stereo-Wearing Goblins".

Bored of the Rings is an interactive fiction game with graphics made using Quill. The interface allows the player to take and use items using VERB NOUN commands, and talk to characters.

The game is split into three parts, accessed via passcodes. The tape also includes issue 1 of Sceptical, Delta 4's short-lived magazine on tape.

From Mobygames.com. Original Entry