About
The Crack of Doom is the last game in Melbourne House's series of adventure games based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The gameplay combines a text-based adventure with illustrations from the main character's perspective. Players interact with the game using text-based descriptions and a parser system to execute actions.
- Developer
- Beam Software Pty., Ltd.
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
- Genres
- Adventure
- Themes
- Fantasy
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Also known as
- LotR: The Crack of Doom, The Lord of the Rings: The Crack of Doom
Release dates
| Platform | Release |
|---|---|
| Apple II | |
| Commodore C64/128/MAX | |
| DOS | |
| Mac |
Screenshots
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