Saturday 14 May 2011

Old hobbits die hard (cue groans ...)

One of my very earliest literary influences, predictably enough, was J R R Tolkien, whom I spent many years fruitlessly imitating before shifting my allegiance to his best friend C S Lewis. Not that I have ever completely shaken my youthful obsession with The Lord of the Rings, or I would not have expended even more of my waning social life on the following …


Heroes of Midgard” (C64 “Sideways SEUCK” game)

Requires a C64 emulator to play (CCS64 or WinVICE). This game’s graphical style is based on the maps found in the back of Tolkien’s Middle Earth books, and is is a cross between a fantasy wargame and an arcade shoot-em-up. Visit my website for more details, and a whole load more of these type of games. They are all free to download. This one is a competition entry, though, so votes would be appreciated ... ;)