NOT THE LORD OF THE RINGS
by Andrey (Andy) Remic
Psychaedelic Hedgehog Software
Spectrum 48
This is a game that tries to be funny with its allusions to gay and homosexual practices. It fails.
As a take-off on Lord of the Rings, it doesn’t work either. Maybe it tried to be a parody, but it
didn’t work. I hope the writer has matured in his later years.
There are numerous red herrings in the game. Notably: all the weapons, the coloured keys, the gem,
the typewriter, the cat, the manual. There are several locations you don’t need even to visit.
Certain objects are needed to pass certain obstacles. This is a game where trial-and-error is the
“modus operandi”; you can put your logical reasoning skills “on hold.” Examining objects
does not help much.
Hints:
One of the rings is necessary. The fake one, of course.
If GIVE doesn’t work when you have a particular object, try USE.
Once you dispatch the obstacle, you are automatically moved to the next location.
Solution:
INVENTORY (nothing), TAKE RING, EXAMINE RING (gold is flaking off), E, TAKE JOINT, EXAMINE JOINT
(Goldbusty is my gal), W, W, TAKE STONES, E, S, S, W (you see a stone key), TAKE KEY, E, S, W, TAKE
SOLODIFIER, E, S, S, TAKE BEARD, S, S, W, TAKE FEATHER, EXAMINE FEATHER (quack, quack), E, N, E (you
see a duck), GIVE FEATHER, NE, NE, E, TAKE KNIFE, W, NE, W, TAKE CONDOM, NE, TAKE BLOCK, SW, E, SW,
SW, SE, E, SW, SW (at the dryad), GIVE BLOCK, NE, E (Goldbusty is here), USE JOINT, E, SE, SW, W,
SE. TAKE POT, NW, E, NE, GIVE CONDOM, E, E, S, TAKE UNDERWEAR, N, E, N, NW (you see a troll), GIVE
STONES, NW, W (Elrind stops you), USE UNDERWEAR, SW, NW, N (you see an electronic key slot), INSERT
KEY, NE (you see a wraith), USE SOLIDIFIER, SE, S, S (you see a dwarf), GIVE BEARD, E, E, E, N, NW
(you see Sclob), STAB SCLOB, W, W, W, USE POT, E, CAST RING.
That’s it. You are finished.
Terri Sheehan
2010-03-26
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