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Revision as of 23:46, 26 July 2011
Riders of Rohan | |
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Video game | |
Developer | Beam Software and Papyrus Design Group |
Publisher | Konami and Mirrorsoft |
Platform | MS-DOS |
Release date | 1990 |
Genre | Strategy game with action elements |
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan is an out of print video game, which was commercially distributed and licensed by the Tolkien Estate.[1] The game was written and designed by Hank Howie, Phil Redmond, et al.[1][2] The story centered around the war between the Rohirrim and Saruman. In addition to controlling the movement of the good forces, the player was able to, among other things, shoot orcs with bow and fight enemy leaders with sword.[3] The main characters are Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli and Gandalf.[4]
Units
Rohan
- Rohirim [sic?] Infantary
- Rohirim Archers
- Rohirim Light Cavalary
- Rohirim Heavy Cavalry
- Rohirim Horse Archers
- Ents
Isengard
- Orcs
- Orcish Archers
- Uruk-hai
- War Riders
- Dunlendings
Heroes
Rohan
- Aragorn
- Legolas
- Gimli
- Gandalf
- Merry
- Pippin
- Treebeard
- Éomer
- Erkenbrand
- Háma
- Théoden
- Théodred
- Éowyn
- Gríma Wormtongue
Isengard
See Also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tolkien computer games pages, as of June 28, 2010
- ↑ Meristation, El Anillo interactivo p. 7 (retrieved 4 January 2011)
- ↑ Riders of Rohan at Tolkien Games (retrieved 4 January 2011)
- ↑ Giant Bomb about Riders of Rohan.