Bored of the Rings (video game)

Bored of the Rings

Developer(s)| Delta 4
Publisher(s)| Delta 4, CRL Group
Designer(s)| Fergus McNeill
Platform(s)| Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
Release| 1985
Genre(s)| Text adventure game
Mode(s)| Single-player

Bored of the Rings is a text adventure game released by Delta 4 in 1985 for several computer systems[1] written using The Quill.[1][2] 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.[3] The earlier game The Hobbit is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, The Boggit.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Gameplay
* 3 Reception
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Plot

Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom.[4]

## 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.[5] It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access.[6]

## Reception

Zzap!64 thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%.[7]

## See also

* Kingdom O' Magic, another fantasy parody game by the same designer

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Bored of the Rings at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
2. ↑ "Richard Price sets out on the road to Rivendull while Tolkien turns in his grave", Sinclair User 7.85, page 96.
3. ↑ "Bored out of his skull", Sinclair User, 12.85, page 66.
4. ↑ "Sinclair User Magazine Issue 040". July 1985. https://archive.org/details/sinclair-user-magazine-040/page/n95/mode/1up?view=theater.
5. ↑ https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-info/b/BoredOfTheRings.txt [bare URL plain text file]
6. ↑ "gamebase64.com - The Gamebase Collection". http://www.gb64.com/oldsite/gameofweek/14/gotw_boredofrings.htm.
7. ↑ "Redirecting". http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=14&page=74.

## External links

* Bored of the Rings at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
* Bored of the Rings at Lemon 64
* Bored of the Rings at MobyGames

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