The Shadows of Mordor
Description
The Shadows of Mordor is an officially licensed J.R.R. Tolkien "Lord of the Rings" text adventure game based on the second part of the trilogy - "The Two Towers".
You can select to play as either Frodo or Sam. The game follows the plot of the book closely and many locations have accompanying illustrations. Unusually for a text adventure game, the action happens in real time: if you sit there thinking of what to do next, things will happen in the game, e.g. creatures will move from location to location.
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Average score: 61% (based on 8 ratings)
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Faceless or Beam software as developer? | Edwin Drost (9440) | Oct 9, 2020 |
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Cover art
The cover art to the C64 version of this game is by Tolkien illustrator Ted Nasmith; entitled Shelob, it was first used in Unwin Paperbacks' 1987 calendar for the month of November.
Awards
- Computer and Video Games
- May 1988 (Issue #79) - Golden Joystick 1988 Award: Third in category Adventure Game of the Year
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CPC-Power (in French)
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DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS
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Lemon 64
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Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (video game)
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World of Spectrum
for ZX Spectrum: downloadable releases; additional material (including – cassete inlay, advertisement, instructions); magazine references; magazine adverts
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Contributors to this Entry
Game added by BitRot.
Macintosh added by Trypticon. ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC added by Martin Smith.
Additional contributors: Pseudo_Intellectual, formercontrib, Jo ST, ZeTomes.
Game added June 4, 2003. Last modified February 24, 2024.