Lord of the Rings at Spectrum Computing - Sinclair ZX Spectrum games, software and hardware

Aliases	Lord of the Rings - Game One
Release Date	1986
Original Publisher	Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
Min. Hardware	ZX-Spectrum 48K
Language	English
Genre	Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated
Max. Players	1
Original Price	£15.95
Features	Bookware
Tie-in Licences	Lord of the Rings (Book) from J.R.R. Tolkien (UK)
Other Platforms	Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64
Average mag. score	95.00% (2 reviews)
Martijn's WoS score	80.3% (40 votes)

Re-releases

#1 - Guild Publishing

Authors/Contributors

Fred O'Rourke (UK)	at Beam Software	- Story Writing
Paul Kidd	at Beam Software	- Story Writing
LynC (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code, Story Writing
Philip Mitchell (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code
Danny Davis (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code
Steven Taylor (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code
Doug Palmer (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code
Louis Madon (Australia)	at Beam Software	- Code
Greg Holland (Australia)	at Beam Software	- In-game Graphics
Russell Comte (Australia)	at Beam Software	- In-game Graphics
Ian McCausland (Australia)		- Inlay/Poster Art

Annual Awards

4th Best Adventure - 1986 Crash Readers Awards.

Review Awards

"Crash Smash"	at Crash	issue v.1 #26 - 1986/Mar	page 92
"Sinclair User Classic"	at Sinclair User	issue #47 - 1986/Feb	page 80
"Your Sinclair Megagame"	at Your Sinclair	issue #4 - 1986/Apr	page 76

Series "LordOfTheRings"

	1.	Lord of the Rings	(1986)	by Melbourne House (Australia/UK)
	2.	Shadows of Mordor	(1987)	by Melbourne House (Australia/UK)

Compilations

Full version in

The Tolkien Trilogy

(1989)

by Beau-Jolly Ltd (UK)

Main File Downloads

*Filename*	*Release*	*Machine*	*Scheme*	*Language*	*Comments*
LordOfTheRings.tzx.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(None)	English
LordOfTheRingsIntro.tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English	- intro
LordOfTheRingsPart1.tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English	- part 1
LordOfTheRingsPart2.tap.zip	Original	ZX-Spectrum 48K	(???)	English	- part 2

Additional File Downloads

*Filename*	*Size*	*Release*	*Type*	*Language*	*Comments*
LordOfTheRings.scr	6,912	Original	Loading screen
LordOfTheRings.gif	3,726	Original	Running screen
LordOfTheRings.jpg	774,093	Original	Inlay - Front
LordOfTheRings.txt	52,836	Original	Instructions	English
LordOfTheRings(EN).pdf	1,643,504	Original	Instructions	English
LordOfTheRings.jpg	347,297	Original	Game map
LordOfTheRings_2.png	553,276	Original	Game map
LordOfTheRings.jpg	239,500	Original	Advertisement
lordoftherings.zip	0	Original	RZX playback file		- Recorded by Malcolm and Daren (with rollback)
LordOfTheRings(GuildPublishing).jpg	265,623	#1	Inlay - Front

Magazine Reviews

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #53-1986/Mar	page 74	- Review
Computer Gamer	issue #11-1986/Feb	page 34	- Review
Crash	issue v.1 #26-1986/Mar	page 92	- Review: 9/10
Home Computing Weekly	issue #130-1985/Sep/17 special "week#3"	page 10	- Review
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #3-1986/Jan/16 special "week#3"	page 26	- Review
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #4-1986/Jan/23 special "week#4"	page 13	- Review - review incorrectly titled "To Come"
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #14-1986/Apr/3 special "week#1"	page 27	- Review
Sinclair User	issue #47-1986/Feb	page 80	- Review: 5/5
Your Computer	issue v.6 #1-1986/Jan	page 38	- Review
Your Sinclair	issue #4-1986/Apr	page 76	- Review

Magazine References

ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	issue #36-1990/Sep	page 82	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #35-1984/Sep	page 22	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #48-1985/Oct	page 32	- Preview
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #48-1985/Oct	page 35	- CompoEntry
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #51-1986/Jan	page 58	- CompoResult
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #54-1986/Apr	page 68	- Letters
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #54-1986/Apr	page 70	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #55-1986/May	page 71	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #56-1986/Jun	page 86	- Letters
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #58-1986/Aug	page 61	- CompoEntry
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #59-1986/Sep	page 59	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #61-1986/Nov	page 9	- News/Note
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #64-1987/Feb	page 56	- CompoResult
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #66-1987/Apr	page 64	- Tips
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #97-1989/Dec	page 134	- Tips
Computer Gamer	issue #5-1985/Aug	page 5	- News/Note
Computer Gamer	issue #9-1985/Dec	page 43	- News/Note
Crash	issue v.1 #25-1986/Feb	page 80	- Preview
Crash	issue v.1 #36-1987/Jan special "Christmas Special 1986/87"	page 154	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #37-1987/Feb	page 56	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #38-1987/Mar	page 96	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #42-1987/Jul	page 63	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #44-1987/Sep	page 71	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #45-1987/Oct	page 94	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #48-1988/Jan special "Christmas Special 1987/88"	page 58	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #51-1988/Apr	page 44	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #55-1988/Aug	page 60	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #56-1988/Sep	page 60	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #58-1988/Nov	page 41	- Tips
Crash	issue v.1 #62-1989/Mar	page 28	- Tips
Die Speccy CD	issue 1996/Jan	page 0	- Solution
Home Computing Weekly	issue #81-1984/Sep/25 special "week#4"	page 1	- News/Note
MicroHobby	issue #170-1988/May	page 58	- Solution - Archivero - part 1
MicroHobby	issue #172-1988/Jun	page 66	- Solution - Archivero - part 2
MicroHobby	issue #175-1988/Aug	page 74	- Solution - Archivero - part 3
MicroHobby	issue #177-1988/Sep	page 60	- Solution - Archivero - part 4
Personal Computer Games	issue #14-1985/Jan	page 115	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.3 #27-1984/Jul/5 special "week#1"	page 7	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #1-1985/Dec/26 special "week#4"	page 35	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #28-1986/Jul/10 special "week#2"	page 20	- Tips
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.5 #28-1986/Jul/10 special "week#2"	page 22	- CompoEntry
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.6 #6-1987/Feb/5 special "week#1"	page 4	- News/Note
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.6 #8-1987/Feb/19 special "week#3"	page 22	- Tips
SSD-II	issue 1999/Sep	page 0	- Information
Sinclair User	issue #46-1986/Jan	page 33	- CompoEntry
Sinclair User	issue #47-1986/Feb supplement "Gordo's Book of Adventures"	page 4	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #48-1986/Mar	page 16	- Letters
Sinclair User	issue #48-1986/Mar	page 76	- Map
Sinclair User	issue #48-1986/Mar	page 107	- CompoResult
Sinclair User	issue #49-1986/Apr	page 68	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #50-1986/May	page 69	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #52-1986/Jul	page 55	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #53-1986/Aug	page 73	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #61-1987/Apr	page 82	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #62-1987/May	page 81	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #113-1991/Jul	page 16	- Tips
Sinclair User	issue #114-1991/Aug	page 30	- Tips
Your Computer	issue v.5 #8-1985/Aug	page 40	- Feature - First Fist, Then ...
Your Sinclair	issue #2-1986/Feb	page 14	- CompoEntry
Your Sinclair	issue #4-1986/Apr	page 76	- Feature - Dead Ringer
Your Sinclair	issue #5-1986/May	page 62	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #6-1986/Jun	page 64	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #8-1986/Aug	page 73	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #9-1986/Sep	page 41	- CompoResult
Your Sinclair	issue #9-1986/Sep	page 79	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #11-1986/Nov	page 66	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #13-1987/Jan	page 101	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #14-1987/Feb	page 71	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #18-1987/Jun	page 72	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #18-1987/Jun	page 74	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #20-1987/Aug	page 80	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #24-1987/Dec	page 109	- Tips
Your Sinclair	issue #31-1988/Jul	page 90	- Tips
ZX Computing	issue #27-1986/Jul	page 38	- Tips
ZX Computing	issue #38-1987/Jun	page 64	- Tips

Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #50-1985/Dec	page 21	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #51-1986/Jan	page 24	- Full-page ad
C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #57-1986/Jul	page 81	- Full-page ad
Crash	issue v.1 #23-1985/Dec	page 125	- Full-page ad
Popular Computing Weekly	issue v.4 #47-1985/Nov/21 special "week#3"	page 2	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #45-1985/Dec	page 33	- Full-page ad
Sinclair User	issue #47-1986/Feb	page 61	- Full-page ad

Related Magazine Reviews

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #97-1989/Dec	page 94	- Review: 85% (The Tolkien Trilogy)
Sinclair User	issue #95-1990/Feb	page 74	- Review - Attack of the Compilations!: 89% (The Tolkien Trilogy)
Your Sinclair	issue #49-1990/Jan	page 82	- Review: 9/10 (The Tolkien Trilogy)

Related Magazine Advertisements

C&VG (Computer & Video Games)	issue #96-1989/Nov	page 28	- Full-page ad (The Tolkien Trilogy)
Sinclair User	issue #92-1989/Nov	page 91	- Full-page ad (The Tolkien Trilogy)
Sinclair User	issue #93-1989/Dec	page 73	- Full-page ad (The Tolkien Trilogy)

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