| Genre: | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Publisher: | G. I. Games |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amstrad CPC464, BBC Model B, Commodore 64, Sinclair QL, Spectrum 48K/128K & ZX Vega |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 7th May 1985 |
| Original Release Price: | £7.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Fergus McNeill |
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Classic Adventure Solutions Archive
29th October 2021
Perhaps worth a look if you're into spoofs and don't expect anything too challenging in terms of puzzles.
Computer & Video Games
1st August 1985
Certainly not a typical run-of-the-mill adventure. If has large amounts of text in a Gothic character set which will, at the very least, bring a smile to your face. Read Review
Computer Gamer
1st November 1985
Will appeal to The Hobbit's lovers and haters alike. Read Review
Crash
1st July 1985
An adventure in three parts. Probing part two I found much to commend confirming what I had suspected this game has been dutifully constructed and carefully finished. Read Review
Home Computing Weekly
7th May 1985
The jokes are like those found in college rag mags, with Fordo living in Prickhollow, travelling to the town of Whee, visiting the Wiffy mountains and hiding from a horse and rider who farts. Read Review
Sinclair User
22nd May 1985
The humour can be fairly school-boyish at times and there are a couple of occasions when it is both distasteful and unnecessarily unpleasant. Read Review
Full Instructions
Introduction
Your quest is split into three parts, with a password gained at the completion of one part allowing entry to the next.
Parts 1 and 2 are on side A, part 3 and "Sceptical" are on side B.
How To Play
The computer will accept commands in ordinary English such as SHOOT SPAM WITH SHOTGUN, but allows you to shorten this to a simple verb plus noun instruction like SHOOT SPAM.
The speech format is name + phrase, for example GRANDALF GREETING O HAIRY ONE.
Typing INVENTORY or I will list what Fordo is carrying.
Game positions can be stored to and restored from tape using the commands LOAD and SAVE.
To end the game, type QUIT.
Loading
Each program loaded with:
LOAD"" (ENTER)
Game Credits
Game: Furgus McNeill using, among other things, The Quill and The Illustrator.
Dedicated to Judith and Mandy, the kindest hitch-hikers I know.
Miscellaneous
This game was mentioned in the following articles:
- Bored Of The Rings (Games Workshop)
- Bored Of The Rings (Silver Soft)
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| Download | What It Contains |
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 | A digital version of Bored Of The Rings suitable for ZXSpin (PC (Windows)), Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
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