The Boggit: Bored Too
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Developer(s) | Delta 4 |
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Publisher(s) | CRL Group |
Designer(s) | Fergus McNeill Judith Child |
Platform(s) | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum |
Release | 1986 |
Genre(s) | Interactive fiction |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
The Boggit: Bored Too is a text adventure game by Delta 4 released in 1986 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum home computers. The game is a parody of the J. R. R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit and of the earlier game based upon it also called The Hobbit. It is the prequel to Bored of the Rings.
Plot
Bimbo Faggins and Grandalf must find treasure, solve puzzles, and appear on a gameshow.
Gameplay
The game is in 3 separate parts which are each loaded separately. Commands are entered in either full sentences or using a verb / noun format. Conversations with other characters in the game are possible.
The player can also save and load a game position in computer memory.[1]
Reception
Publication | Award |
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Crash | Crash Smash |
Sinclair User | SU Classic |
Sinclair User magazine wrote that The Boggit was "just as funny and sick as its predecessor but is better presented and a whole lot snappier. It's miles better than the game it lampoons too."[2]
See also
- Kingdom O' Magic, another fantasy parody game by the same designer
References
- ^ https://worldofspectrum.org//pub/sinclair/games-info/b/BoggitThe.txt [bare URL plain text file]
- ^ Price, Richard (August 1986). "The Boggit". Sinclair User (August 1986): 76–77.
External links
- The Boggit at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
- The Boggit at Gamebase 64
- The Boggit: Bored Too in the Interactive Fiction Database
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