03 Commercial, licensed p3 (Tolkien theme games)
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This article is from the Computer games and MUDs with a Tolkien theme FAQ, by Fredrik Ekman ekman@lysator.liu.se with numerous contributions by others.
03 Commercial, licensed p3 (Tolkien theme games)
The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
Produced by: Interplay Productions <info@interplay.com>
Distributor: Electronic Arts, Interplay Productions and Nintendo (Super
NES version)
No: Y63500 (Electronic Arts), IBM-007-8 (MS-DOS disk), ICD-007-0
(CD-ROM), SNE-808-0 (Super NES)
Author: Scott Bennie, Troy Miles, et al. (MS-DOS version) and Matthew
Findley (Super NES version)
Year: 1990 (MS-DOS version), 1994 (Super NES version)
Version: 1.3
System: Amiga, MS-DOS, Super NES
Type: RPG
Covers: "The Fellowship of the Ring"
Comment: Exists both as disk and CD-ROM version. The CD-ROM has
additional animations and is only available for MS-DOS. Part of
The Lord of the Rings/Two Towers Bundle. The latest disk version
was included in the Interplay 10th Anniversary CD-ROM. The Super
NES version is so different from the other versions that it is
almost a new game. Super NES version allows one to five players.
Some MS-DOS games were shipped with a clue book. The game is also
part of The Lord of the Rings/Two Towers bundle.
The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers
Produced by: Interplay Productions <info@interplay.com>
Distributor: Interplay Productions
No: IBM-017
Author: Scott Bennie, Mark Whittlesey, et al. (based on Troy Miles'
engine for Volume One)
Year: 1991
System: MS-DOS, an Amiga version scheduled for 1992 was never released
Type: RPG
Covers: "The Two Towers"
Comment: I think this game and the former are, in spite of a lot of
bugs in early versions, very good and are the only games to come
even close to the feeling of Tolkien's books. They add a lot that
was not there from the beginning, though. Some games were shipped
with a clue book. The game is also part of The Lord of the
Rings/Two Towers bundle.
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