No prizes for guessing the inspiration for this one. The Great Ring needs to be returned to Mount Doom, a treacherous task to be undertaken by Fordo the Boggit. Spam, Pimply and Murky are his country-bumpkin friends, and he will later meet with Bumbadil and Hashberry, two old hippies. The main quest involves meeting up with Legoland the Elf, Giblet the Dwarf and Aragont.

In keeping with the humour, familiar locations become "the featureless plain below the pink mountain", "Lake Anadin" and the "Land of the Personal-Stereo-Wearing Goblins".

Bored of the Rings is an interactive fiction game with graphics made using Quill. The interface allows the player to take and use items using VERB NOUN commands, and talk to characters.

The game is split into three parts, accessed via passcodes. The tape also includes issue 1 of Sceptical, Delta 4's short-lived magazine on tape.

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Bored of the Rings ZX Spectrum Zenobi Software release: Credits

Bored of the Rings ZX Spectrum Zenobi Software release: Part 2 will not load unless the player knows the password that was revealed at the end of part one

Bored of the Rings ZX Spectrum Out in the trees

Bored of the Rings ZX Spectrum The 'lousy stinking hobbitses' of the original

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Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1985		100
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1986	9.25 out of 10	92
Computer Gamer	Commodore 64	Jul, 1986	16 out of 20	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 1985	8 out of 10	80
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Jun, 1986	78 out of 100	78
Crash!	ZX Spectrum	Jul, 1985	7.5 out of 10	75
Computer Gamer	ZX Spectrum	Nov, 1985	14 out of 20	70