ScuzzBlog: Diaries November 2018 Entry 4th November 2018: Post 01: Shadows of Mordor Shadows of Mordor When searching for my hand scanners deep in the plastic tubs I was a little surprised to find this Lord of the Rings game for the C64. It is sealed within a Ricochet packet and called Shadows of Mordor. This game is the second in the series for the Lord of the Rings and was released in 1987. The game is a text based adventure game and based on the work of Tolkien author of the Lord of the Rings. I do have a number of copies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy including some very large boxed versions of the LotR game complete with thick book The Fellowship of the Ring. It was a nice touch to include the book in with the cassette game. Interestingly the Commodore disk based game on 5.25" does not include the book. I played the Hobbit for a while but sadly as I am a keen Warcraft player I do find text based games a little tedious and boring. In the day I am sure I would have enjoyed them but we have moved on. It really is thanks to this work by Tolkien that we have the whole dungeons and dragons genre. He really did give birth to the mystical adventuring idea where we form into a band of heroes with our quest to defeat dragons and save the kingdom. Amazing really that we still find the theme so addictive today. I didn't have the heart to open the package so it stays safe for another day. I do have the game in the trilogy pack but only played The Hobbit. Shadows of Mordor

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