1985 Peter Tjernström
Platform: ZX Spectrum
Our next ZX Spectrum title in the archives is a missing Swedish adventure based on Lord of the Rings (and even named so in Swedish!), which came first in a competition.
The creator was Peter Tjernström and the game remains unreleased sadly. The article with the winners can be found in the scans section, and was in Swedish magazine Allt om hemdatorer (All about home computers) issue 2/3 1985, page 35.
According to the article, the contest was announced in late 1984 with the following details:
The results of our Swedish Adventure Game Championships contest
First prize
Peter Tjernström in Boden [a city in the north of Sweden] has, on his Spectrum, created an amazing text adventure based on Tolkien’s ”Lord of the rings”. There is a lot to recognize from the book, among other things he has really managed to capture some of the atmosphere, e.g. at the start you see a rider approaching from the distance. If you’ve hidden he’ll ride past you, if not it’s over.
The game is the winner due to being exciting as well as entertaining. Another advantage is that the programmer has really succeeded with the feat of getting all the major events of the book in there.
It seems there was no intention to release the game, but it would be great to try and see it preserved.
With thanks to Anonymous Contributor for the submission and Fabrizio Bartoloni for the original submission.
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