Re: LOOKING FOR RINGQUEST-- A TOLKIEN TEXT GAME

[Raymond Wiker <Raymond.Wiker@fast.no>]

fenroth@yahoo.com (Aaron Willis) writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I remember playing a game back on my IIGS called Ringquest.  Not the
> common game by Penguin.  This one was based on Tolkien's Lord of the
> Rings and you had to escape Moria.  You navigated through a hi-res
> graphics screen until you encountered a random creature such as a red
> orc or balrog which were illustrated in ASCII.  I think it was made in
> the early 1980's for the Apple II.
> Any help GREATLY appreciated.  Thanks.

        I think this was one of the winning entries an a competition
held by Byte Magazine in the early eighties. I have it on a floppy
somewhere, but I don't know if the floppy is still readable. (I can't
check it, either: the only Apple II machine I have is a IIC+ with a
3.5" drive). 

-- 
Raymond Wiker
Raymond.Wiker@fast.no