Thursday, 29 September 2022

Tolkien Musing - Lord of the Rings Video Game Hologram

To promote the Lord of the Rings Video Game by Melbourne House, some holograms were made and were availed to people in a few different ways. The holograms were created and made by a company called Holographix.

They were shown at the P.C.W. Show in 1985.

It features a face of a Ring-Wraith.

The details on the games order form states that there were 2 sizes of Hologram available. A smaller 5”x4” version and a larger 10”x8” limited edition (limited to 100 copies).

There were also various competitions in the Computer Games magazines of the time to promote the game where the Hologram was a prize, see below.

The following websites how some details of the Hologram, mainly a few images:


    

Offer
Details in the Lord of the Rings Game manual
        

Documentation
Came with Hologram
    

Article
About how the Hologram was made.

Crash - No 21 October 1985
             

Competitions
With the Hologram as a prize

Your Computer - No 2 February 1986
Lord of the Rings competition
       

ZZAP - March 1986
Lord of the Rings game competition
       

Crash - No 30 July 1986
Hobbit game re-release competition
       

Amtix - No 5 March 1986
Lord of the Rings game competition
       

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