The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure 1985

Beam Software

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The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom. The game is divided into two parts (represented by two separate executable files: DOS … The Fellowship of the Ring is an interactive fiction (with graphics) game based on the first volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, describing the efforts of the Hobbits Frodo, Pippin, and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom.

The game is divided into two parts (represented by two separate executable files: DOS version). The first part starts with Frodo at his home in the Shire, where eventually you will team up with the other Hobbits Pippin and Sam, as well as Aragorn and Gandalf. From meeting with Tom Bombadil, the Green Knight, the Balrog and ends with the Nazgul River incident.

The second part of the game starts with forming of the fellowship, thus adding new team members: Boromir, Legolas, etc., until the end of the novel.
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Developers
Beam Software
Publishers
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Melbourne House
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Fantasy
Franchises
The Lord of the Rings
Series
The Lord of the Rings - A Software Adventure
Also known as
Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - Game One · Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - A Software Adventure

Release dates

  • Dec 1985 ZX Spectrum · Europe
  • 1986 Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX · Europe
  • 1986 Apple II, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS · North America
  • 1987 Mac · North America