Bored of the Rings is a text adventure game released by Delta 4 in 1985 for several computer systems written using The Quill."Richard Price sets out on the road to Rivendull while Tolkien turns in his grave", Sinclair User 7.85, page 96. It was later published by CRL Group on its sister label Silversoft. The game is inspired by, but not based on, the Bored of the Rings parody novel published by Harvard Lampoon."Bored out of his skull", Sinclair User, 12.85, page 66. The earlier game The Hobbit is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, The Boggit.
Plot Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom.
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. It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access.
Reception
Zzap!64 thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%.
See also Kingdom O' Magic, another fantasy parody game by the same designer
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