Lord of the Rings
Tags: good versus evil, fantasy

Plot synopsis:
Early in the Second Age of Middle-earth, elven smiths forge nine Rings of Power for mortal men, seven for the Dwarf-Lords, and three for the Elf-Kings. Soon after, the Dark Lord Sauron makes the One Ring, and uses it to attempt to conquer Middle-earth. Following the Last Alliance of Elves and Men's fall, the Ring is seized by Prince Isildur; and after Isildur was killed by orcs, the Ring lies at the bottom of the river Anduin for over 2,500 years. Over time, Sauron captures the Nine Rings and transforms their owners into the Ringwraiths. The One Ring is discovered by Déagol, whose friend, Sméagol, kills him and takes the Ring for himself. The Ring twists his body and mind, and he becomes the creature Gollum (Peter Woodthorpe). Hundreds of years later, Bilbo Baggins (Norman Bird) finds the Ring in Gollum's cave and takes it back to the Shire.
Decades later, during Bilbo's birthday celebration, the wizard Gandalf (William Squire) tells him to leave the Ring for his relative Frodo (Christopher Guard). Bilbo reluctantly agrees, and leaves the Shire. Seventeen years pass, during which Gandalf learns that evil forces have discovered that the Ring is in the possession of a Baggins. Gandalf meets with Frodo to explain the Ring's history and the danger it poses; and Frodo leaves his home, taking the Ring with him. He is accompanied by three hobbit friends, Pippin (Dominic Guard), Merry (Simon Chandler), and Sam (Michael Scholes). After a narrow escape from the Ringwraiths, the hobbits eventually come to Bree, from which Aragorn (John Hurt) leads them to Rivendell. Frodo is stabbed atop Weathertop mountain by the chief of the Ringwraiths, and becomes sickened as the journey progresses. The Ringwraiths catch up with them shortly after they meet the elf Legolas (Anthony Daniels); and at a standoff at the ford of Rivendell, the Ringwraiths are swept away by the river.
At Rivendell, Frodo is healed by Elrond (André Morell). He meets Gandalf again, after the latter escapes Saruman (Fraser Kerr), who plans to ally with Sauron but also wants the Ring for himself. At a council, Bilbo, Gandalf, and others debate the One Ring, and Frodo volunteers to go to Mordor, where the Ring can be destroyed. Thereafter Frodo sets off from Rivendell with eight companions: Gandalf; Aragorn; Boromir (Michael Graham Cox), son of the Steward of Gondor; Legolas; Gimli (David Buck) the dwarf; and Frodo's three hobbit companions.
Their attempt to cross the Misty Mountains is foiled by heavy snow, and they are forced into Moria. There, they are attacked by orcs, and Gandalf falls into an abyss while battling a balrog. The remaining Fellowship continue through the elf-haven Lothlórien, where they meet the elf queen Galadriel (Annette Crosbie). Boromir tries to take the Ring from Frodo, and Frodo continue his quest alone; but Sam insists on accompanying him. Boromir is killed by orcs while trying to defend Merry and Pippin. They are captured by the orcs, who intend to take them to Isengard through the land of Rohan. The hobbits escape and flee into Fangorn Forest, where they meet Treebeard (John Westbrook). Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas track Merry and Pippin into the forest, where they are re-united with Gandalf, who was reborn after destroying the balrog.
The four then ride to Rohan's capital, Edoras, where Gandalf persuades King Théoden (Philip Stone) that his people are in danger. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas then travel to the Helm's Deep. Frodo and Sam discover Gollum stalking them in an attempt to reclaim the ring, and capture him; but spare his life in return for guidance to Mount Doom. Gollum eventually begins plotting against them, and wonders if "she" might help. At Helm's Deep, Théoden's forces resist the orcs sent by Saruman, until Gandalf arrives with the absent Riders of Rohan, destroying the orc army.

Review: Great book, Great game.
The books the lord of the rings were awesome, and this game does them some credit, depending on what versoin you have, the cd rom version has scenes from the cartoon movie, while the floppy disk version just has little scenes of its own.
The game strays from the books, but it is still very fun.
A truly terrible game....
This game is an RPG/Adventure game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings trilogy (more specifically, The Fellowship of the Ring), and was originally published by Interplay in 1990.After having played this game for about one hour, I wiped it off my hard disk.
I was disappointed with the game to say the least, for several reasons:A.
- The gameplay is so utterly monotonous and boring, and does not properly capture the excitement, depth or action of Tolkien's universe.
You're constantly scratching your head wondering what to do next and are often lost in the game (and exploration isn't terribly fun, because the world isn't very interesting).
The interface just plain sucks.
There is little of the character development from Tolkien's books.
Most of the NPCs are faceless entities.
Many locations in the game have a lack of distinction and look very cookie cutter.
The pacing is off.
The battle is tedious.
Yes, I know the game came out in 1990, but it wasn't brilliant at the time, and it most certainly isn't now.
Ultima suffered from the same problems.
However this game sucks in other areas...B.
- Bugs galore.
This game is very buggy.
All sorts of stupid little bugs abound.
This game isn't very well programmed, and this is especially apparent on a modern PC.C.
- The graphics are baaad.
Even for a game that came out in 1990, the graphics could've been better.
I think this is due to the fact the game was originally programmed for the Commodore 64 computer.
It supports 256 colours, so there's no excuse for the graphics looking as blah and unspectacular as they do.
Even Ultima VI looks better than this.
The graphics are top down - I personally would have liked an isometric perspective, but this isn't really a fault.So there you have it - this game isn't very good, especially since its supposed to be based off the Tolkien universe.
If you want to see an example of a good RPG/Adventure game this era, see Sega's Phantasy Star instead..
Great classic of a classic.
Being a huge fan of Tolkien's works, I can safely say that most fans will be quite content with this game.
Although a little buggy, it's about as good as any 1990 game can be.
The game does tend to drift away from the original story in many parts, but I guess that's necessary if it's to be interactive at all, I mean, what fun would it be if it were exactly the same as the book?.
When you saw the movie you where not present in the real world..
It was a good film, good drawn, (if it was drawn that is!).
It felt like the movie was filmed and then drawn upon, with colors and so on.
I couldn´t possibly imagine Gandalf better drawn.
Too bad that the cartoon couldn´t be finished and that the economical cost expired the budget limit, that´s what I´ve heard.
When you saw the movie you where not present in the real world, it was easy to jump in.
It´s too bad that so much was neglected from the book, like Bombabill (That´s what he´s called in Sweden)..
"Bored Of The Rings".
The above title says it all.
Unless you're a special effects goober, or one who has a real jones for wizards, and elves, I'd run for the hills (and I don't mean Mount Doom).
It's sad, to be so striking visually, yet to have a core of thundering mediocrity..
the most tiresome pile of she-height ever made.
there was no story, it makes me angry that anyone could even bother with this.
peter jackson has proved his direness.
i slept for 30 minutes in this film and missed nothing because there was nothing, is nothing in this film.
the only other film i have slept in was 'Arthur 2 love on the rocks' i need say no more?
i will, grasping for Star Wars.
why did no one save gandolf ?
there was no threat to him; maybe because  O-be-one died about then.
god i hate it.