Macintosh Garden - Beam Software

Crack of Doom

MCP — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:52:04 +0000

"Return to Mordor, where a dull red sky is filled with the dust and heat of Mount Doom. Brave the ash-covered wastelands of Gorgoroth, the blood-splashed courtyards in the Tower of Cirith Ungol, and a horrifying torture chamber guarded by grinning, brutal orcs. In this adventure you will be playing as Sam Gamgee and will begin outside the gates of Cirith Ungol. Dare you enter the Tower and try to save your beloved master, Frodo? Or should you somehow try to complete the quest alone, and hurl the Ring of Power into the fires of Mount Doom? " --description from the packaging

Shadows of Mordor

MCP — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 11:23:49 +0000

"An officially licensed J.R.R. Tolkien 'Lord of the Rings' text adventure game based on the second part of the trilogy - 'The Two Towers'. You can select to play as either Frodo or Sam. The game follows the plot of the book closely and many locations have accompanying illustrations. Unusually for a text adventure game the action happens in real time so if you sit there thinking of what to do next, things will happen in the game eg. creatures will move from location to location." --MobyGames.com

The Fellowship of the Ring

Carl — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 23:29:04 +0000

"A J.R.R. Tolkien interactive fiction (with graphics) based game surround the efforts of the Hobbits: Frodo, Pippin and Sam and their quest to bring the ring to Mount Doom.

The game is divided into 2 parts (represented by 2 files: DOS version). The first part starts with Frodo at his home in the Shire, where eventually you will team up with the other Hobbits Pippin and Sam, as well as Aragorn and Gandalf. From meeting with Tom Bombadil, the Green Knight, the Balrog and ends with the Nazgul River incident.

The Hobbit

Daxeria — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 08:04:44 +0000

"Relive Tolkien's The Hobbit as Bilbo Baggins. A piece of Interactive fiction (with graphics to illustrate locations), you follow the plot of Tolkien's book (before the Lord of the Rings trilogy), starting with an encounter with Gandalf and Thorin.

The implementation is rich enough that you can play entirely without pictures if you wish. Also, gameplay happens in realtime, uncommon for interactive fiction." --MobyGames.com