Tolkien Musing - Shadows of Mordor Computer Games Magazines

This is a look at magazines which have details about the The Shadows of Mordor Computer Game published by Melbourne House.

It only covers magazines which have larger articles, reviews, competitions or adverts.

It does not include magazines with just minor tips, letters, news or adverts.

These are some websites with additional details:

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6960/ZX-Spectrum/Shadows_of_Mordor

Computer & Video Games - May 1987

Preview

       

Commodore User - May 1987

Review

          

Computer & Video Games - June 1987

Review and Competition

          

Crash - No 41 June 1987

Review, Competition and Advert

             

Computer Gamer - June 1987

Review

          

Sinclair User - June 1987

Review

       

ZX Computing - June 1987

Review

       

ZZAP - No 26 June 1987

Review

          

Amstrad Action - No 21 June 1987

Review

       

ZZAP - No 27, July 1987

Review and Advert

       

Sinclair User - October 1987

Map

          

Adverts

1 Page

    

Crash - No 41 June 1987

    
Computer & Video Games - July 1987

    
Your Sinclair - July 1987

    
Sinclair User - July 1987

    
Crash - No 42 July 1987

    

Amstrad Action - No 22 July 1987

    

ZZAP - No 27, July 1987

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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:

https://www.mocagh.org/loadpage.php?getgame=lotrgameone

http://www.jukkaeronen.com/web/fantasya_old/eng_games_tolkien.html

    

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

https://archive.org/details/crash-magazine-21

             

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