Freely distributable Tolkien computer games

The Tolkien computer games pages always were and still are primarily intended for reference. Nevertheless, many people are naturally interested in downloading those free games which exist on the Internet. To that purpose, this page has been reorganized. It should be understood, however, that there are no local copies of most of these; only external links. I can in no way guarantee that all links are current and up to date. If you find any links that do not work, try again tomorrow and if they still do not work contact me so that I can try to fix them.

The systems for which the games are downloadable are noted in parentheses. In many cases it is possible to play games for another system than the one you have by means of an emulator.

Freeware/public domain games

• Angband (Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, OS/2, Acorn, Windows 3.x)
• Belegost (ZX Spectrum, NEXTSTEP, Psion 3/3a)
• The Dungeons of Moria (Unix, VAX, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, Windows 3.x)
• Eamon games (Apple II)
• The 4th Age: The Lost Rings
• The Hobbit (1997)
• The Hobbit (Windows 3.1)
• The Hobbit: Vol I (Windows 95)
• Härskarringen (MS-DOS)
• Jet Set Willy: The Lord of the Rings (ZX Spectrum)
• Der kleine Hobbit (Commodore 64)
• Lord of the Rings (Mah Jongg) (MS-DOS, Windows 3.x)
• Lord of the Rings: The Duel (Windows 95)
• Manic Miner: The Hobbit (ZX Spectrum)
• Mario (Commodore 64)
• Mines of Moria (Windows 3.x)
• Mines of Moria II: The Escape Out (Windows 3.x)
• Mines of Moria 3 (MS-DOS)
• Morgul (MS-DOS, Macintosh, Unix)
• The Pits of Angband (Unix, MS-DOS, Macintosh, Amiga, Atari ST, OS/2, Acorn, Windows 3.x)
• quiz (mearth) (Unix)
• Ringmaster (ZX Spectrum)
• Seigneur de la Bague vol. 1 (MS-DOS)
• The Tolkien Affair (TRS-80 Model 100)
• The Trilogy (Windows 3.x)
• Utumno (Windows 95, MS-DOS)
• Xconq (Unix, Macintosh)

Shareware games

• Hobbit - The True Story (MS-DOS)
• Lord of the Rings vol. 1 (CHAOS Productions) (MS-DOS)
• El Señor de los Anillos, Parte I: La Communidad del Anillo (Libro 1) (Amiga)

Playable commercial demo

• The Lord of the Rigns, Vol. II: The Two Towers (MS-DOS)

Non-playable commercial demo

• The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I (Interplay) (MS-DOS)

Commercial games for which free scenarios exist

• Civilization II (MS-DOS, Macintosh)
• Heretic (MS-DOS)
• Heroes of Might and Magic II (MS-DOS, Windows 95, Macintosh)
• Heroes of Might and Magic III (Windows 95, Macintosh)
• Panzer General (MS-DOS)
• Starcraft (Windows 95)
• Warcraft II (MS-DOS, Macintosh)
• Warlords II (MS-DOS)
• Warlords II Deluxe (MS-DOS)
• Warlords III (Windows 95, Macintosh)

Previously commercial games which are now freely distributed

If there is no download copy of any of the following games for your particular machine, that is either because I have not been able to find it on the Internet or because free distribution of that version is not allowed.

• The Boggit (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC)
• Bored of the Rings (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC)
• The Fellowship of the Ring Software Adventure (Apple II)
• The Hobbit (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Oric-1, Amstrad CPC, BBC, MSX)
• The Hobbit Software Adventure (Commodore 64, Apple II)
• Lord of the Rings: Game One (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC)
• Shadowfax (VIC 20, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, BBC)
• Shadows of Mordor (ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64)

Games with source code

Note: some of these are for older systems, such as Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum or Apple II, where BASIC source code was always "tokenized" to save memory. To convert these to other systems you may need special utilities and/or an emulator.

• The Dungeons of Moria (C)
• Eamon games (tokenized BASIC)
• The Hobbit (reverse-engineered Z80 Assembler)
• Hobbit - The True Story (MS-DOS batch (BAT) language)
• The Hobbit: Vol I (ASL)
• Härskarringen (Quick BASIC)
• Der kleine Hobbit (tokenized BASIC)
• Mario (tokenized BASIC)
• Morgul (C)
• The Pits of Angband (C)
• quiz (mearth) (C)
• Ringmaster (tokenized BASIC)
• Seigneur de la Bague vol. 1 (Q BASIC)
• The Tolkien Affair (BASIC)
• Utumno (C)

Freeware/shareware games that are not downloadable

The following games are probably freely distributable, but are not available on the Internet. This is either because I am unable to find them or because I am somewhat uncertain as to whether they really are free. If you can help with any of these, please contact me.

• LORD
• Ringen
• The Shire

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