| Shadows of Mordor |
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| Aliases | Lord of the Rings - Game Two The Shadows of Mordor |
| Release Date | 1987 |
| Original Publisher | Melbourne House (Australia/UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £7.95 |
| Features | Multi-loader in 128K mode, Multi-loader in 48K mode |
| Tie-in Licences | Lord of the Rings (Book) from J.R.R. Tolkien (UK) |
| Other Platforms | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 |
| Average mag. score | 77.67% (3 reviews) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 80.6% (16 votes) |
Authors/Contributors
| Beam Software (Australia) | - ? | ||
| Ted Nasmith | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Annual Awards
| 2nd Best Adventure - 1987 Crash Readers Awards. |
Review Awards
| "Crash Smash" | at Crash | issue v.1 #41 - 1987/Jun | page 59 | |
| "ZX Computing Globella" | at ZX Computing | issue #38 - 1987/Jun | page 66 |
Remarks
| SPOT: Lord of the Rings 2 |
Remarks
| The 48K version is a text-only version with separate pics on side 2, whereas the 128k version has built-in pics. |
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 | |
| ShadowsOfMordor(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | - (different) | |
| ShadowsOfMordor.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K/128K | (Unspecified custom loader) | English | ||
 | ShadowsOfMordor128.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 128K | (???) | English |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| ShadowsOfMordor.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor.gif | 4,002 | Original | Running screen | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor.jpg | 438,550 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor.pdf | 133,463 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| ShadowsOfMordor(EN).pdf | 1,120,715 | Original | Instructions | English | ||
| ShadowsOfMordor.jpg | 394,268 | Original | Game map | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor_2.png | 472,163 | Original | Game map | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor.jpg | 220,888 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| ShadowsOfMordor_2.jpg | 49,068 | Original | Advertisement | |||
| shadowsmordor.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Malcolm and Daren (with rollback) |
Magazine Reviews
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #68-1987/Jun | page 95 | - Review | |
| Computer Gamer | issue #27-1987/Jun | page 14 | - Review | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 59 | - Review: 93% | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 91 | - Review: 3/5 | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #20-1987/Aug | page 85 | - Review: 8/10 | |
| ZX Computing | issue #38-1987/Jun | page 66 | - Review: Great |
Magazine References
Magazine Advertisements
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #69-1987/Jul | page 57 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #41-1987/Jun | page 56 | - Full-page ad | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #42-1987/Jul | page 58 | - Full-page ad | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #17-1987/May/1 special "week#1" | page 21 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #18-1987/May/8 special "week#2" | page 12 | - Advert | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.6 #24-1987/Jun/19 special "week#3" | page 2 | - Full-page ad | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 26 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #63-1987/Jun | page 76 | - Advert | |
| Sinclair User | issue #64-1987/Jul | page 70 | - Full-page ad | |
| Your Sinclair | issue #19-1987/Jul | page 15 | - 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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