Game
Shadows of Mordor: Game two of Lord of the Rings
About this game
The Shadows of Mordor is 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: if you sit there thinking of what to do next, things will happen in the game, e.g. creatures will move from location to location.
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Game facts
Release date
Dec 31, 1987
Developer
Beam Software
Publisher
Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc., Melbourne House
Platforms
Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Mac, DOS, Apple II, Amstrad CPC
Genres
Adventure
Themes
Fantasy
Game modes
Single player
Franchise
The Lord of the Rings
Perspective
First person, Text
More in this series
Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor2014 · Rated 82
Middle-earth: Shadow of War2017 · Rated 82
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth2004 · Rated 83
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II2006 · Rated 81
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King2003 · Rated 76
LEGO The Lord of the Rings2012 · Rated 76
The Lord of the Rings Online2007 · Rated 83
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II - The Rise of the Witch-king2006 · Rated 85More from Beam Software
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