Lord of the Rings for the Sinclair Spectrum

Lord of the Rings

Year of Release

1985

The Advertising Blurb

AT LAST! The eagerly awaited sequel to the fabulous classic 'The Hobbit' is now available. 'The Hobbit', classed as 'the ultimate adventure game of all time', was just a taste of what you can expect in LORD OF THE RINGS.

Astonishing vocabulary, graphics and more locations than you could imagine possible!

Compatibility

48K Required

Original Price

£15.95

Worth now (confirmed sale)?

£5.50 Ebay Sep 2024

Comments

Included a copy of the first book in the trilogy by JRR Tolkein. Crash Smash. Your Sinclair Megagame, Sinclair User Classic.

Controls

Text Input

Original Rating

Crash 9/10 / Your Sinclair 9/10

Review:

It took a long time coming but this sequel to the original was a worthy follow-up. There was no way that it could possibly have lived up to such high expectations but it came very close. The location pictures were not an advance on the original, it was, if anything, slower than the original, but it had the same imagination and style that marked the original as a classic. Following the plot of the book (the first part of the trilogy) closely, it was still different enough to provide a challenge to the Tolkien fan.

It even includes lots of bugs which was an enjoyable feature of the original, where finding them proved almost as much fun as completing the game. This was probably the most ambitious text adventure game ever to be written for the Spectrum and an absolute classic!

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