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The Lord of the Rings Series

The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure

Adventure Fantasy
56
User Score
6 ratings
December 1, 1985
Released 14758 days ago
BBC Microcomputer System Commodore C64/128/MAX ZX Spectrum Mac DOS Apple II Amstrad CPC Amstrad PCW

About

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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Release Dates by Platform

ZX Spectrum Worldwide
Dec 1, 1985
Amstrad CPC Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Amstrad PCW Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Apple II Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
BBC Microcomputer System Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1986
Mac Worldwide
Dec 31, 1987

Game Info

Developer
Beam Software
Publisher
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Melbourne House
Game Modes
Single player
Perspective
First person, Text
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Fantasy

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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