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The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure

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…

1 December 1985

The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure is an adventure developed by Beam Software, released 1 December 1985 on Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II and BBC Microcomputer System.

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What The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure is

The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure is an adventure game developed by Beam Software and released in 1985. It was published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

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…
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How it plays

It is played from a first person 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

The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure is the second of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. It arrived 3 years after The Hobbit: A Software Adventure. The next entry was The Shadows of Mordor in 1987.

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When did The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure come out?
The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure was released on 1 December 1985 for Amstrad CPC, Amstrad PCW, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac and ZX Spectrum.

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