The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure

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The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom. The game is divided into two parts (represented by two separate executable files: DOS version). The first part starts with Frodo at his home in the Shire, where eventually you will team up with the other Hobbits Pippin and Sam, as well as Aragorn and Gandalf. From meeting with Tom Bombadil, the Green Knight, the Balrog and ends with the Nazgul River incident. The second part of the game starts with forming of the fellowship, thus adding new team members: Boromir, Legolas, etc., until the end of the novel.

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Genres
Adventure
Game Modes
Single player
Player Perspective
First person • Text
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ZXS

1985-12-01

bbcmicro • C64 • DOS • Apple][ • ACPC • APCW

1986

Mac

1987
Developers
Beam Software
Publishers
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. • Melbourne House
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The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom. The game is divided into two parts (represented by two separate executable files: DOS version). The first part starts with Frodo at his home in the Shire, where eventually you will team up with the other Hobbits Pippin and Sam, as well as Aragorn and Gandalf. From meeting with Tom Bombadil, the Green Knight, the Balrog and ends with the Nazgul River incident. The second part of the game starts with forming of the fellowship, thus adding new team members: Boromir, Legolas, etc., until the end of the novel.

Details

Genres
Adventure
Game Modes
Single player
Player Perspective
First person • Text
Platforms and release dates

ZXS

1985-12-01

bbcmicro • C64 • DOS • Apple][ • ACPC • APCW

1986

Mac

1987
Developers
Beam Software
Publishers
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. • Melbourne House