The Shadows of Mordor
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The Tolkien Trilogy
(1989)
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.
Series +
The Tolkien Software Adventure series- Previous: The Fellowship of the Ring (1985)
- Next: The Crack of Doom (1989)
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Credits (Commodore 64 version)
20 People
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Collaborations
People credited on this game were also credited on:
- The Crack of Doom, a group of 13 people
- The Fellowship of the Ring, a group of 9 people
- The Hobbit, a group of 5 people
- And 11 more...
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Other Games
In addition to this game, these people were also credited on other games:
- Bill McIntosh on 68 other games
- Russel Comte on 33 other games
- J. R. R. Tolkien on 22 other games
- And 16 more...
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Reviews
Critics
Average score: 61% (based on 8 ratings)
Players
Average score: 4.1 out of 5 (based on 16 ratings with 0 reviews)
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Discussion
| Subject | By | Date |
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| Faceless or Beam software as developer? | Edwin Drost (10779) | Oct 9, 2020 |
Trivia
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)
for Amstrad CPC: game database entry; package material; manual digitalizations; goodies; advertisement; downloadable releases; additional material -
DOSBox, an x86 emulator with DOS
statistics page of compatibility with original DOS version -
Lemon 64
for C64: game entry database; downloadable version; magazine reviews; cover art digitalizations; additional material -
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (video game)
encyclopaedic entry for combined platforms -
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 September 3, 2025.