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| Full title | Lords of Midnight, The |
| Year of release | 1984 |
| Publisher | Beyond Software (UK) |
| Author(s) | Mike Singleton |
| Inspired by | J.R.R. Tolkien (UK) (book: Lord of the Rings) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Keyboard |
| Type | Strategy: War |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.95 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Appeared on side A of the compilation Now Games (Virgin Games Ltd)
Appeared on side A of covertape Crash issue 92: Presents 28 (Crash) Appeared on side B of covertape SU issue 121: Great Eight 10 (Sinclair User) Participant in the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | Winner of the C&VG 1984 Golden Joystick Awards - Best Strategy Game. Came with a demo version for Psytron on the B-side. There also was a Lords of Midnight Editor, The. |
| SPOT comments | Crash cover game; Sinclair User cover game; SU password "GOTHIK" |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Lords of Midnight, The 2. Doomdark's Revenge 3. Eye of the Moon, The |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC and Commodore 64 |
| Score |
8.42 (377 votes) |
| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | ||
| LordsOfMidnightThe.tzx.zip | 59,400 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | |||||
| LordsOfMidnightThe.tap.zip | 31,524 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Lords of Midnight PC | Chris Wild | 1999 | PC/DOS | available |
| Midnight Flyer | Imtiaz Dharssi | 2003 | PC/Windows | available |
| Midnight/MU | Jean-Yves Rouffiac | 2004 | HTML | available |
| LOMJAR | Keith Jones | 2004-2009 | Java | available (v2.0) |
| War of the Solstice, The | Richard Quirk | 2011 | Android | available |
| 4 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Micro Adventurer | 4.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 5.84 | page 406 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Choice | 6.84 | page 9 | (News/Note) | |
| Crash | 6.84 | page 42 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 6.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer News | 6.84 | page 336 | (News/Note) | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.84 | page 157 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.84 | page 343 | (Review) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 6.84 | page 8 | (News/Note) | |
| Your Spectrum | 6.84 | page 6 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 7.84 | page 91 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 7.84 | page 34 | (Preview) | |
| Big K | 8.84 | page 4 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.84 | page 72 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.84 | page 136 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 8.84 | page 7 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 8.84 | page 8 | (Feature - War of the Solstice) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 63 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 64 | (Poster) | [full page] |
| Big K | 9.84 | page 75 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 8.84 | page 36 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 19 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 105 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 342 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 9.84 | page 454 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 9.84 | page 40 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.84 | page 35 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 9.84 | page 45 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 86 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 88 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 10.84 | page 4 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 96 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 10.84 | page 32 | (Feature - Soft Theme: Adventure Games) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 10.84 | page 33 | (Map - map fragment) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 11.84 | page 12 | (Feature) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 11.84 | page 14 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 11.84 | page 103 | (Solution) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 146 | (Feature - Adventure feature) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 11.84 | page 29 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.84 | page 122 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.84 | page 124 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 32 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 12.84 | page 112 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 12.84 | page 58 | (Tips - Questline) | [full page] |
| TV Gamer | 12.84 | page 63 | (Solution) | |
| ZX Computing | 12.84 | page 108 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User Annual | 0.85 | page 46 | (Feature - Spectrum software retrospective) | |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 98 | (Feature - Crash Readers Awards) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.85 | page 102 | (Feature - Crash Readers Awards) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 1.85 | page 4 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 1.85 | page 115 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.85 | page 238 | (Feature - Tony Bridge's Adventure Corner) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Answers | 1.85 | page 27 | (Review) | |
| Sinclair Programs | 1.85 | page 7 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.85 | page 109 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 3.85 | page 50 | (Map) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.85 | page 106 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 110 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 7 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 7.85 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.85 | page 22 | (Feature - The Spectrum Collection - 15 classics) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.85 | page 100 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.87 | page 94 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.87 | page 57 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 12.87 | page 85 | (Feature - Of Strategic Importance) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.88 | page 140 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.88 | page 68 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.88 | page 61 | (Feature - Old Wargames Never Die ...) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.88 | page 45 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 7.89 | page 85 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.90 | page 61 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.90 | page 61 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.91 | page 69 | (Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.91 | page 6 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.92 | page 47 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.92 | page 47 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.92 | page 4 | (CoverGame) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.92 | page 43 | (Solution) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 11.86 | page 33 | (Tokes) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.84 | page 404 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.84 | page 16 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.84 | page 124 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.84 | page 206 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.84 | page 306 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.84 | page 418 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.84 | page 549 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 3.84 | page 105 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.84 | page 166 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 4.84 | page 113 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.84 | page 122 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.84 | page 159 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 5.84 | page 502 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 5.84 | page 40 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 5.84 | page 138 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 5.84 | page 184 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 5.84 | page 190 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.84 | page 106 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 6.84 | page 122 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 6.84 | page 18 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.84 | page 15 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.84 | page 120 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 7.84 | page 82 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.84 | page 128 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Big K | 8.84 | page 7 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.84 | page 23 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.84 | page 44 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 8.84 | page 5 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 8.84 | page 46 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 57 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 8.84 | page 98 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 8.84 | page 116 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.84 | page 98 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.84 | page 101 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 9.84 | page 5 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 9.84 | page 33 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 74 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 9.84 | page 129 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.84 | page 63 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.84 | page 156 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 10.84 | page 40 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Micro Adventurer | 10.84 | page 46 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Personal Computer Games | 10.84 | page 18 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.84 | page 156 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.84 | page 143 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| C&VG Yearbook | 0.85 | page 96 | (Full-page ad) | |
| Sinclair User | 1.85 | page 194 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 2.85 | page 42 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.85 | page 128 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.85 | page 120 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 5.85 | page 13 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 6.85 | page 58 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 7.85 | page 13 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 8.85 | page 18 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |