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A sequel, ''J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan'', was later released in 1991. |
A sequel, ''J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan'', was later released in 1991. |
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The game was reviewed in 1989 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #147 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.<ref name="Dragon147">{{cite journal |
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Revision as of 18:54, 14 August 2009
| J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle-earth | |
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| Developer(s) | Melbourne House |
| Publisher(s) | Melbourne House |
| Designer(s) | Mike Singleton[1], Alan Clark, Robert Clandy[2] |
| Platform(s) | MS-DOS, C64, ZX Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, Apple IIGS |
| Release | 1988 |
| Genre(s) | real-time strategy |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle-earth is a real-time strategy game released for the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MS-DOS, Commodore Amiga, Apple IIGS, and Atari ST in 1988 by Australian company Melbourne House.
The game combined both large scale army unit level and small scale character level. All the action happened simultaneously in game world and places could be seen from the map or at the ground level. Individual characters could also be seen in larger battles (in which they either survived or died — Gandalf alone could easily defeat a hundred orcs). If the battle is quite small (less than 100 units approximately) it can be watched on ground level. Otherwise it will be only displayed numerically. On ground level characters could acquire objects and talk with computer controlled friendly characters (such as Radagast or Tom Bombadil).
A sequel, J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan, was later released in 1991.
Reception
The game was reviewed in 1989 in Dragon #147 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column.[3]
References
- ^ IMDB Game Page
- ^ Moby Games Game Page (DOS Version)
- ^ Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk (July 1989). "The Role of Computers". Dragon (147): 60–68.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
External links
- J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle-earth at MobyGames
- War in Middle-earth at World of Spectrum
- The Unofficial War in Middle-earth Fan Page
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