''Bored of the Rings'' is a

text adventure '' Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...

game released by

Delta 4 Delta 4 was a British software developer created by Fergus McNeill, writing and publishing interactive fiction. Delta 4 designed games between 1984 and 1992. Some were self-published, others were released by CRL Group, Piranha Software, Silv ...

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for several computer systems written using The Quill."Richard Price sets out on the road to Rivendull while Tolkien turns in his grave"

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7.85, page 96. It was also released by

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. The game is inspired by, but not based on, the ''

Bored of the Rings ''Bored of the Rings'' is a 1969 parody of J. R. R. Tolkien's ''The Lord of the Rings''. This short novel was written by Henry Beard and Douglas Kenney, who later founded '' National Lampoon''. It was published in 1969 by Signet for the ''Har ...

'' parody novel published by

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. The earlier game ''

The Hobbit ''The Hobbit, or There and Back Again'' is a children's fantasy novel by English author J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published in 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the '' ...

'' is also parodied. It was followed by a prequel in the same spirit, ''

The Boggit ''The Boggit: Bored Too'' is a text adventure game by Delta 4 released in 1986 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is a parody of the J. R. R. Tolkien novel ''The Hobbit'' and of the earlier game based upon ...

''.

Plot

Fordo the Boggit, Spam, Pimply and Murky must take the Great Ring to Mount Gloom.

Gameplay

The game is a standard

with static background graphics in some locations. It accepts verb / noun commands and also short sentence inputs. It was split into three parts with parts two and three requiring password input to access.

Reception

''Zzap!64'' thought the game was extremely funny but somewhat limited in terms of gameplay. It was given an overall rating of 78%.

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