There was a bit of a Thing...

Galadriel in Distress by Pippa's Ghost on 2015-04-20 18:50:00 UTC Reply

In 1983 there was apparently a computer game, a text adventure, called "Galadriel in Distress".

The plot: "King Theoden's daughter, the princess Galadriel has been abducted by the evil sorcerer Grima."

Let's hope this was totally unauthorised...

What the udÃ»n? by Tawaki on 2015-04-22 15:14:00 UTC Reply

brain.exe has divided by zero.
Bro, did they even read? (nm) by eatpraylove on 2015-04-21 18:36:00 UTC Reply
SPOILERS FOR FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING. READ AT YPUR OWN RISK. by SkarmorySilver on 2015-04-20 20:27:00 UTC Reply

And yes, I was unfortunate enough to run into those myself thanks to the Smash Bros. fandom. Anyway - Gah! A stray ypur! And a herd of a hundred more are stampeding this way! BRB, running for my life!

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*gasp, pant* Okay, where was I? Oh, yeah. When I saw that the villain's name was Grima, the first thing I thought about, honestly, was Robin kidnapping and holding Galadriel hostage. For some reason. Is that a bad thing?

...yeah. That's a bad thing. I guess. XD

If It Was Done Well, That Could Be a Cool Crossover by sjosten on 2015-04-21 20:50:00 UTC Reply

Both franchises usually focus on a plucky band of misfit adventurers who follow some manner of royalty as they gallivant about saving the world in a fantasy setting, so it could theoretically work.

That cant be a coincidence by richardhednil on 2015-04-20 18:58:00 UTC Reply

Is the game even anything like the Lord of the Rings? Or is it just the names?

There was a bit of a Thing... by Huinesoron on 2015-04-20 19:08:00 UTC Reply

... for slapping LotR/Middle-earth names into fantasy games, back in the days when all games were text. Angband is another example; you crawl through a dungeon and occasionally encounter Tolkien characters for... no apparent reason beyond name recognition. It dates back to 1990, so quite a bit more recent.

As to Galadriel in Distress... well, the solution on the website Pippa linked to suggests that you have to 'say Sesame' to get into somewhere, rub a lamp, fly on a carpet... I'm guessing not a whole lot to do with the books.

(Though I'm now imagining sending an agent team into it... ehehe. Best idea: they go off-track and start wandering through Bizarro Arda.)

hS

Oh stars. by Huinesoron on 2015-04-20 23:26:00 UTC Reply

Well, you can play it if you want... the game can be downloaded here (the tape version), and it works on the ElectrEm emulator here.

At least, I think they call that 'working'. It's... pretty bad, as games go.

hS

*opens mouth* by Iximaz on 2015-04-20 18:57:00 UTC Reply

*blinks*

*closes mouth*

*flips desk*

*wanders off*