The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

Genre:

RPG

Year:

1990

Developer:

Interplay Productions

Publisher:

Electronic Arts

Perspective:

3rd-person, Top-down

Theme:

Fantasy, Turn-based

Releases:

DOS (1990), Amiga (1991)

Also known as:

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I, El Señor de los Anillos, Volumen Uno, LOTR, Vol. I, Der Herr der Ringe Vol. I

The story is well known: many years ago dark Lord Sauron forged One ring, to control the entire Middle Earth. Sauron was defeated by prince Isildur, who took the ring. Since then, ring has brought only misfortune and destruction to anyone who dares to bear it, corrupted their souls. Ring ended up in a hands of peaceful hobbit Frodo Baggins, and the true nature of the ring was explained to him by a good wizard Gandalf. He advised him to take the Ring to Sauron's land and destroyed it there. Here begins the story in the game The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I and you are gonna take the role of Frodo. This is a fantasy role-playing game, which has been inspired by the book by J.R.R. Tolkien. In the game you control several characters, among which you can switch between, equip them and use their specific characteristics. For Tolkien fans this is the "must play" game.