The Boggit
Encyclopedia
The Boggit: Bored Too is a text adventure
game by Delta 4
released in for the Commodore 64
, Amstrad CPC
and ZX Spectrum
home computers. The game is a parody of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit
and of the earlier game based upon it also called The Hobbit. It is the prequel to Bored of the Rings.
with basic graphics to set the scene.
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
game by Delta 4
Delta 4
Delta 4 was a British software developer created by Fergus McNeill, writing and publishing interactive fiction.Delta 4 designed games between 1984 and 1987. Some were self-published, others were released by CRL Group, Piranha or Silversoft...
released in for the Commodore 64
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64 is an 8-bit home computer introduced by Commodore International in January 1982.Volume production started in the spring of 1982, with machines being released on to the market in August at a price of US$595...
, Amstrad CPC
Amstrad CPC
The Amstrad CPC is a series of 8-bit home computers produced by Amstrad between 1984 and 1990. It was designed to compete in the mid-1980s home computer market dominated by the Commodore 64 and the Sinclair ZX Spectrum, where it successfully established itself primarily in the United Kingdom,...
and ZX Spectrum
ZX Spectrum
The ZX Spectrum is an 8-bit personal home computer released in the United Kingdom in 1982 by Sinclair Research Ltd...
home computers. The game is a parody of the J.R.R. Tolkien novel The Hobbit
The Hobbit
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again, better known by its abbreviated title The Hobbit, is a fantasy novel and children's book by J. R. R. Tolkien. It was published on 21 September 1937 to wide critical acclaim, being nominated for the Carnegie Medal and awarded a prize from the New York Herald...
and of the earlier game based upon it also called The Hobbit. It is the prequel to Bored of the Rings.
Gameplay
The game is a standard text adventureInteractive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...
with basic graphics to set the scene.
Reviews
- Sinclair UserSinclair UserSinclair User, often abbreviated SU, was a magazine dedicated to the Sinclair Research range of home computers, most specifically the ZX Spectrum...
:"Undaunted by public health warnings and threats of legal action, Fergus McNeill and his crew have produced a new three-parter that's almost, but not quite, entirely like a certain other game about dragons and small creatures with hairy feet. How like that Other Game it is will become obvious when you load up and see the first screen. There's the familiar boggit-hovel with its little green door, though the little green toilet may come as a shock... Knowledge of THE H****T may well come in useful but please don't assume you'll skip through THE BOGGIT just because you knew how to get out of the Goblin's Dungeon. You'll be brought up time and again by some twist of bizarre alternative reality... If you enjoyed BORED OF THE RINGS you'll be just as pleased with THE BOGGIT. It's just as funny and sick as its predecessor but is better presented and a whole lot snappier. It's miles better than the game it lampoons too."