The Crack of Doom

Moby ID: 9052

Released

1989 on DOS

Credits

16 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.

Developers

Beam Software Pty., Ltd.

Moby Score: n/a
Players: (5)
Collected By: 14 players

Genre: Adventure
Perspective: 1st-person
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Gameplay: Interactive fiction / text adventure
Interface: Text parser
Setting: Fantasy
Misc: Licensed

DOS Specs

Business Model: Commercial
Media Type: 5.25" Floppy Disk
Input Devices Supported: Keyboard

Description

The Crack of Doom is the final installment of Beam Software's trilogy of interactive fiction games based on The Lord of the Rings novels. The game follows the character Sam Gamgee as he embarks on a mission to save his master, Frodo, and destroy the Ring of Power in Mount Doom. Set in the fantasy realm of Middle Earth, players navigate through various iconic locations such as Gorgoroth, Cirith Ungol, and Mount Doom. The gameplay combines a text-based adventure with illustrations from the main character's perspective. Players interact with the game using text-based descriptions and a parser system to execute actions.

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Credits (DOS version)

16 People

Novel by	J. R. R. Tolkien
Package design by	Copenhaver Cumpston
Documentation design by	Douglass Scott
Reference card illustration by	Ruth Linstromberg
Calligraphy by	Walter Matherly
Screen photography by	Bruce Anderson
Cover illustration by	Bob Giulani
Illustrations by	J. R. R. Tolkien
Programming	Norton Truter John Haward Philip Mitchell
Machine Conversion	Bill McIntosh (as Bill Macintosh) Don Havelberg Brian Post Philip Mitchell
Artwork	Russel Comte Rob Howard Paul Mitchell