| Video game | |
| LORD | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Developer | Olli J. Paavola |
| Platform | DEC-20 |
| Release Date | 1981[1][2] |
| Genre | Text Adventure |
LORD is a text-adventure which covers The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, as well as utilising information from other sources.[3] It has 550 separate locations,[3] and was the first text-adventure based on a book.[2] The game was written and designed by Olli J. Paavola, at the time a student at the Helsinki University of Technology.[2][3]
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References
- ↑ "List of text-based computer games", enacademic.com, accessed 15 August 2010
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Stephen Granade, "A Brief History of Interactive Fiction, Page 3", Brass Lantern, accessed 15 August 2010
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Fredrik Ekman, "LORD", Tolkien computer games, accessed 29 December 2014