Time for a Lord of the Rings flood?

DPainter · 28 January 2002, 01:14

So who is the resident Lord of the Rings freak and Amiga historian? CodyJ? Twistin'? How many LOTR-themed games were released on Amiga? Right now all I can remember are:

War in Middle Earth
Moria (or The Dungeons of Moria. A PD game, although I don't know how much it depends on LOTR)

I'm certain this will turn into a game request eventually. My curiousity was sparked when I saw this crack screen on Superstar Ice Hockey:

Twistin'Ghost · 28 January 2002, 03:13

How about this groovy link, Tolkien computer games for the Commodore Amiga!

http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/tolkien-games/amiga.html

Loads of nifty resources, images, links, etc. Have fun!

Oh yeah...the main page at that site is also noteworthy to any fan of Tolkien-themed games.

http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/tolkien-games/

jmmijo · 28 January 2002, 04:14

I'd say Twistin' and Cody both have a real grasp on Amiga knowledge, as far as the software is concerned. My guess would be the same for the hardware side as well

My knowledge used to be really great back in the early 90's but since then I've only dabbled with my Amiga's and have to clean out the cobwebs before it starts to filter back into memory

Twistin'Ghost · 28 January 2002, 04:25

My hardware knowledge is somewhat limited because I always had guys like Pyromania around, so I never had to learn that side of it. And now that he's back on the scene, I can still remain lazy on hardware knowledge and just ask him when I need to know something.

I'm not an idiot about hardware, but conversely Pyromania is so hardware prolific, I'd call him a ner...[SNIP!]

jmmijo · 28 January 2002, 05:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Twistin' Ghost
I'm not an idiot about hardware, but conversely Pyromania is so hardware prolific, I'd call him a ner...[SNIP!]

CodyJarrett · 28 January 2002, 08:35

I'm well into Lord Of The Rings!

MethodGit · 28 January 2002, 17:44

We all know *that* very well (nudges head towards left of Cody's text)....

CodyJarrett · 28 January 2002, 17:59

Yup!

Here are some screenshots of some Amiga LOTR games:

Lord Of The Rings: Volume 1

CodyJarrett · 28 January 2002, 17:59

War In Middle Earth

CodyJarrett · 28 January 2002, 18:05

Also, I think that the Jewels Of Darkness Trilogy (Adventure Quest, Colossal Adventure, Dungeon Adventure) were originally to be released as some sort of Middle-Earth Trilogy. I think it was changed to avoid copyright issues with The Lord Of The Rings.

CodyJarrett · 17 February 2002, 10:57

And here's another LOTR game and probably now holder of the longest title in my database:

Señor De Los Anillos Primera Parte: La Comunidad del Anillo, El (Lord Of The Rings Part 1: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The)

It's a Spanish game which seems to have been released as a demo in 1991, with the full version sold for 2000 pts. I think that it was made freeware in February 1996. I'm not sure if it was an 'official' LOTR game.

I've uploaded it to the Zone.

PS - I've just noticed that it's mentioned in one of the links above.

DPainter · 18 February 2002, 02:20

Quote:

Originally posted by CodyJarrett
And here's another LOTR game and probably now holder of the longest title in my database:

Señor De Los Anillos Primera Parte: La Comunidad del Anillo, El (Lord Of The Rings Part 1: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The)

It's a Spanish game which seems to have been released as a demo in 1991, with the full version sold for 2000 pts. I think that it was made freeware in February 1996. I'm not sure if it was an 'official' LOTR game.

I've uploaded it to the Zone.

PS - I've just noticed that it's mentioned in one of the links above.

How funny, they cut that diamond ring picture from a picture on an early Amiga graphics demo disk. I wonder if they paid the original artist any royalties?

jmmijo · 18 February 2002, 04:23

Probably not, seems that there has always been plagerism since the dawn of time, now with things like IP it's getting to be kinda hard not to anymore

But of course there is this example of possible out and out stealing.

CodyJarrett · 18 February 2002, 08:50

Some of the graphics are taken from other Amiga LOTR games too. Maybe they thought it wouldn't be seen outside of Spain!

18 February 2002, 10:30

LOL... The lovely fireplace piccy has been ripped straight from Defender of the Crown... guess they didn't spend too much money on the gfx!

s2325 · 28 November 2010, 10:52

Anillo de Sauron (game from EAB server /game/disk):

s2325 · 30 December 2010, 17:35

Angband (game from EAB server TOSEC/PD):

JohnnyWalker · 24 January 2011, 03:19

That site has gone down, but it can still be seen here: http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/amiga.html

Commercial games:
* War in Middle Earth
* Jewels of Darkness (text adv. Comprised of Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest and Dungeon Adventure -- 3 Tolkien games, but with everything renamed to avoid being sued(!))
* The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

Shareware/freeware:
* El Señor de los Anillos, Parte I: La Communidad del Anillo (Libro 1)
* The Dungeons of Moria
* The Pits of Angband

Unreleased
* The Hobbit
* The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers

s2325 · 25 March 2012, 22:58

Some graphics from Anillo de Sauron: http://imgur.com/a/bBI1O Two last pictures are from the end, skip it you want to play and finish game.

28 January 2002, 01:14	#1
DPainter Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Montana, USA Posts: 342	Time for a Lord of the Rings flood? So who is the resident Lord of the Rings freak and Amiga historian? CodyJ? Twistin'? How many LOTR-themed games were released on Amiga? Right now all I can remember are: War in Middle Earth Moria (or The Dungeons of Moria. A PD game, although I don't know how much it depends on LOTR) I'm certain this will turn into a game request eventually. My curiousity was sparked when I saw this crack screen on Superstar Ice Hockey:

28 January 2002, 17:59	#8
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Yup! Here are some screenshots of some Amiga LOTR games: Lord Of The Rings: Volume 1 Attached Thumbnails

28 January 2002, 17:59	#9
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	War In Middle Earth Attached Thumbnails

28 January 2002, 18:05	#10
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Also, I think that the Jewels Of Darkness Trilogy (Adventure Quest, Colossal Adventure, Dungeon Adventure) were originally to be released as some sort of Middle-Earth Trilogy. I think it was changed to avoid copyright issues with The Lord Of The Rings. Attached Thumbnails

17 February 2002, 10:57	#11
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	And here's another LOTR game and probably now holder of the longest title in my database: Señor De Los Anillos Primera Parte: La Comunidad del Anillo, El (Lord Of The Rings Part 1: The Fellowship Of The Ring, The) It's a Spanish game which seems to have been released as a demo in 1991, with the full version sold for 2000 pts. I think that it was made freeware in February 1996. I'm not sure if it was an 'official' LOTR game. I've uploaded it to the Zone. PS - I've just noticed that it's mentioned in one of the links above. Attached Thumbnails

28 January 2002, 03:13	#2
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	How about this groovy link, Tolkien computer games for the Commodore Amiga! http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/tolkien-games/amiga.html Loads of nifty resources, images, links, etc. Have fun! Oh yeah...the main page at that site is also noteworthy to any fan of Tolkien-themed games. http://www.spowers.net/Tolkien/tolkien-games/

28 January 2002, 04:14	#3
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	I'd say Twistin' and Cody both have a real grasp on Amiga knowledge, as far as the software is concerned. My guess would be the same for the hardware side as well My knowledge used to be really great back in the early 90's but since then I've only dabbled with my Amiga's and have to clean out the cobwebs before it starts to filter back into memory

28 January 2002, 04:25	#4
Twistin'Ghost Give up the ghost Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: U$A Age: 33 Posts: 4,662	My hardware knowledge is somewhat limited because I always had guys like Pyromania around, so I never had to learn that side of it. And now that he's back on the scene, I can still remain lazy on hardware knowledge and just ask him when I need to know something. I'm not an idiot about hardware, but conversely Pyromania is so hardware prolific, I'd call him a ner...[SNIP!]

28 January 2002, 08:35	#6
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	I'm well into Lord Of The Rings!

28 January 2002, 17:44	#7
MethodGit Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: The Streets Age: 39 Posts: 2,731	We all know that very well (nudges head towards left of Cody's text)....

18 February 2002, 04:23	#13
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 62 Posts: 2,395	Probably not, seems that there has always been plagerism since the dawn of time, now with things like IP it's getting to be kinda hard not to anymore But of course there is this example of possible out and out stealing.

18 February 2002, 08:50	#14
CodyJarrett Global Moderator Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 6,160	Some of the graphics are taken from other Amiga LOTR games too. Maybe they thought it wouldn't be seen outside of Spain!

18 February 2002, 10:30	#15
morph72 Posts: n/a	LOL... The lovely fireplace piccy has been ripped straight from Defender of the Crown... guess they didn't spend too much money on the gfx!

28 November 2010, 10:52	#16
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Anillo de Sauron (game from EAB server /game/disk):

30 December 2010, 17:35	#17
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Angband (game from EAB server TOSEC/PD):

24 January 2011, 03:19	#18
JohnnyWalker aka ThunderPeel2001 Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: UK Age: 45 Posts: 303	That site has gone down, but it can still be seen here: http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/amiga.html Commercial games: * War in Middle Earth * Jewels of Darkness (text adv. Comprised of Colossal Adventure, Adventure Quest and Dungeon Adventure -- 3 Tolkien games, but with everything renamed to avoid being sued(!)) * The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I Shareware/freeware: * El Señor de los Anillos, Parte I: La Communidad del Anillo (Libro 1) * The Dungeons of Moria * The Pits of Angband Unreleased * The Hobbit * The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers Last edited by JohnnyWalker; 24 January 2011 at 03:27.

25 March 2012, 22:58	#19
s2325 Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Gargore Age: 43 Posts: 17,789	Some graphics from Anillo de Sauron: http://imgur.com/a/bBI1O Two last pictures are from the end, skip it you want to play and finish game.

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