J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is the 16-bit game with additional adventuring features compared to the 8-bit version, loosely depicting the events of the One Ring from the Shire to Mt. Doom. The game…
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is an adventure developed by Maelstrom Games Ltd, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS and Atari ST/STE.
What J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is an adventure game developed by Maelstrom Games Ltd and released in 1989. It was published by Melbourne House. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth is the 16-bit game with additional adventuring features compared to the 8-bit version, loosely depicting the events of the One Ring from the Shire to Mt. Doom. The game starts with the three hobbits: Frodo, Sam, and Pippin surrounded by nine individual units of Nazgul near the Shire. Although the first task is to travel to Rivendell, the player is free to decide how heroes and armies progress, despite the in-game conventional storyline.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, open world and warfare. 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 War in Middle Earth is the sixth 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. I in 1990.
What it launched against
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
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