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| Full title | Bored of the Rings |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Delta 4 Software (UK) |
| Re-released by | CRL Group PLC (UK) G.I. Games (UK) Silversoft Ltd (UK) Zenobi Software (UK) |
| Author(s) | Fergus McNeill |
| Inspired by | J.R.R. Tolkien (UK) (book: Lord of the Rings) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Adventure: Text |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £5.95 (£8.95 for microdrive version) |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Authoring | Authored with Quill Adventure System, The |
| Additional info | Appeared on side A of the compilation Hairy Toes (Zenobi Software)
Appeared on side A of covertape YS issue 84: Magnificent Seven (Your Sinclair) Appeared on side A of covertape YS issue 85: Christmas Collection 2 (Your Sinclair) Appeared on side B of covertape YS issue 86: Beaut Box 1 (Your Sinclair) Features Illustrated Adventure Features Parody Also listed on Freebase |
| Remarks | Came with Sceptical as bonus on the B-side. |
| SPOT comments | Your Sinclair cover game |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Bored of the Rings 2. Boggit, The |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
8.33 (26 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | ||
|  | BoredOfTheRingsV1.tzx.zip | 74,842 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1985 | |||
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| | BoredOfTheRingsV2.tzx.zip | 76,355 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1985 | |||
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| | BoredOfTheRingsV3.tzx.zip | 61,659 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 1985 | |||
|  | BoredOfTheRings.tap.zip | 75,749 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1985 | ||||
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| | BoredOfTheRings(CRLGroupPLC).tzx.zip | 95,606 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 1985 | |||
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| | BoredOfTheRings(G.I.Games).tzx.zip | 75,093 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 1985 | |||
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| | BoredOfTheRings(SilversoftLtd).tzx.zip | 95,609 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 9781850820338 | 1985 | ||
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| | BoredOfTheRings(ZenobiSoftware).tzx.zip | 75,411 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 1985 | |||
 | BoredOfTheRings(ZenobiSoftware).dsk.zip | 79,101 | (+3 disk image) | Re-release | 1992 | ||||
 | BoredOfTheRings(ZenobiSoftware).mgt.zip | 77,481 | (+D disk image) | Re-release | 1995 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | BoredOfTheRings.gif | 3,652 | (Loading screen) |
| BoredOfTheRings.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| BoredOfTheRings.gif | 3,927 | (In-game screen) | |
 | BoredOfTheRings.jpg | 164,640 | (Scanned English instructions) |
| BoredOfTheRings.txt | 1,839 | (English instructions) |
| BoredOfTheRings(SilversoftLtd).txt | 1,143 | (English instructions) |
| BoredOfTheRings.jpg | 245,323 | (Game map) |
| BoredOfTheRings_2.jpg | 179,060 | (Game map) |
| BoredOfTheRings.jpg | 127,727 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| BoredOfTheRings_2.jpg | 37,932 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| BoredOfTheRings(G.I.Games).jpg | 39,950 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| BoredOfTheRings(SilversoftLtd).jpg | 195,446 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| BoredOfTheRings-Episode1.gif | 134,342 | (Advertisement) | |
| BoredOfTheRings-Episode2.gif | 136,472 | (Advertisement) |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Home Computing Weekly | 5.85 | page 114 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 6.85 | page 140 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.85 | page 135 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.85 | page 99 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.85 | page 96 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 7.85 | page 35 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 105 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 406 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.85 | page 406 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.85 | page 11 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 8.85 | page 51 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 328 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 10.85 | page 32 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 8 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 317 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 10.85 | page 320 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.85 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.85 | page 97 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 11.85 | page 44 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 436 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 912 | (Poster - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 922 | (Tips - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 923 | (Tips - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.85 | page 66 | (Feature - Bored out of his skull - Fergus McNeill interview) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User Annual | 0.86 | page 39 | (Tips) | |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.86 | page 104 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 1.86 | page 79 | (Tips) | [full page] |
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| ZX Computing | 1.87 | page 60 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.87 | page 321 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.87 | page 63 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 4.87 | page 85 | (Tips) | [full page] |
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| Your Sinclair | 9.87 | page 84 | (Tips) | [full page] |
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| Sinclair User | 2.88 | page 85 | (Solution - solution part 3) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.88 | page 81 | (Tips) | [full page] |
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| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 910 | (CompoEntry - Adventure Supplement) | [full page] |
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