Melbourne House Lord Of The Rings Game One
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From the team who brought you the incredible HOBBIT
program now comes LORD OF THE RINGS: GAME ONE - based
on J.R.R. Tolkien's brilliant fantasy THE FELLOWSHIP
OF THE RING.

Live out your wildest fantasies in the mysterious and
enchanted world of Middle Earth - a world of boundless
imagination where nothing is certain and anything is
possible.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS ADVENTURE GAME FEATURES

* INGLISH INPUT: Now you can say virtually anything
  you want.  With INGLISH the computer can recognise
  intelligent sentences up to 128 characters long.

* Interact and communicate with the other characters
  in the game.  Now you can tell the other creatures
  what you want them to do and answer their questions.

* Just like in real life, all the creatures in this
  game have lives and wills of their own.  Their
  independence means that nothing is predictable and
  no game is ever the same twice.

* 800 WORD VOCABULARY: The largest choice of words ever
  offered in any home computer game.

* OVER 200 LOCATIONS WITH MAJOR LOCATIONS ILLUSTRATED
  (BBC version does not feature graphics)

* FIRST EVER MULTI-PLAYER CHOICE: Enjoy this adventure
  by yourself or solve it with your friends.  Take on
  any of the roles of Frodo, Sam, Pippin and Merry, or
  you can play as many of the characters yourself as
  you wish.

THIS PACKAGE INCLUDES

* TWO CASSETTES

* PAPERBACK COPY OF J.R.R. TOLKIEN'S "FELLOWSHIP OF
  THE RING" - THE ULTIMATE HINT BOOK

* DETAILED USER GUIDE


INTRODUCTION

Welcome!  You are about to enter one of the most
famous and well loved fantasy worlds in the annals of
fantasy fiction: J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth.

Melbourne House, in association with the Tolkien
estate, are proud to present the Lord of the Rings
adventure game.  The background to the Lord of the
Rings includes some events with which a player of the
game The Hobbit will be familiar.

This is the first game in a series of three, which
deals with the material found in Tolkien's The
Fellowship of the Ring, the first book in the Lord of
the Rings trilogy.  Subsequent games will deal with
the stories covered in the next two volumes in the
series, The Two Towers and The Return of the King.

In the Lord of the Rings adventure game, you will be
able to play the role of one of the four Hobbits:
FRODO, SAM, MERRY and PIPPIN.  FRODO bears a magic
ring of power, a ring which, in the hands of the
DARK LORD, could cause the destruction of all that you
hold dear.  You will need all of the cunning and luck
at your disposal to complete your quest and survive.

In playing this adventure game, you in effect assume
the role of the characters from J.R.R. Tolkien's
fantasy world.  You must detail out the actions that
you will perform, your reactions and movements, and the
computer will perform them accordingly.

Best of luck my furry-footed friend.  The fate of the
entire world of Middle Earth rests upon you alone, but
don't let that pressure you...


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Chris Needham, 7/4/1997
