J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan
Another J.R.R. Tolkien based game, but specifically focused on the Two Towers story, starting right before the siege of Helm's Deep: the battle between the defending forces of Rohan and the attacking legions…
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is a strategy developed by Beam Software, released 31 December 1991 on DOS.
What J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is a strategy game developed by Beam Software and released in 1991. It was published by Konami. It is available on DOS only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Another J.R.R. Tolkien based game, but specifically focused on the Two Towers story, starting right before the siege of Helm's Deep: the battle between the defending forces of Rohan and the attacking legions of the evil wizard Saruman. The game introduces a similiar style of play as War in Middle Earth, that is a macro-world map point of view which operates battles and movement of mass armies, and there's a micro point of view, a more 'action' approach where the original characters of the Fellowship can battle enemies at a smaller scale: shoot orcs from a ranged distance, fight them melee in an arcade fighting style or challenge them in a duel of magic.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is the ninth of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers in 1992.
What it launched against
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams and Baseball Stars 2.
Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams, Baseball Stars 2.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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