Das Geheimnis der Ringe

Das Geheimnis der Ringe
Collector's edition featuring all three volumes
Video game
Details
Developer	Cerasus
Publisher	Topos
Platform	PC
Release Date	2001-2003

Das Geheimnis der Ringe (“The Secret of the Rings“) was a trilogy of German multimedia CD-ROMs developed by Cerasus and published by Topos. The titles were released to coincide with the film series, though they were not licensed products.

The first two volumes were also released under the title Die Macht der Ringe (“The Power of the Rings”) with minor differences, and the first volume also under the name Die Welt der Ringe (“The World of the Rings”).^[1]

Volumes

The first volume was one of the bestsellers of its publisher Topos.^[2] It boasts a gallery of artwork by Anke Eißmann and to a lesser extent Douglas Carrel and Michael Hammersley, a lexicon of characters (which differs between versions), a map of Middle-earth, a quiz game, and a list of web links (differs between versions). One of the iterations of the lexicon reuses several of the Douglas Carrel illustrations.

Volume two has the map as well, but also has a dictionary, a lexicon of places, a very simple game where you shoot fell beasts, a cookbook, and a calendar application which could be installed separately.

The third volume includes a chess game, a print studio, and themes and icons for operating systems.

Links

The links section of the first volume, encompassing both English and German websites, provides a snapshot of the online Lord of the Rings fandom between the years 2000 and 2001. Many websites listed have either disappeared or underwent significant changes.


Ardalambion Blades by Brown Cutlery Presents LoTR Swords Company of the Ring - Tol Galen Fellowship of the Word-smiths Filmforce - Lord of the Rings Games Workshop - The Lord of the Rings Hobbit Name Generator ICQ Lord Of The Rings Imladris J.R.R. Tolkien - Inspired Artwork Gallery Lord of the Rings & Tolkien Things Lord of the Rings - Fan Site Lord of the Rings movie news site Lúthien's Tolkien Page Middle-earth Tours by Kyriel Mines of Moria (dead)^{[note 1]} One Ring - The Complete Guide to Tolkien Online Over Hill and Under Hill Planet Tolkien Poems and verses from The Hobbit Ring Lord Ringbearer.org	Rings of Power Scoop - One Ring Sir Ian McKellen Official Home Page The Barrow-Downs The Creation of Tolkien The Dark Side of Tolkien The Grey Havens The J.R.R. Tolkien Information Page The Lord of the Rings Fanatics^{[note 2]} The Lord of the Rings Movie Site The Realm Of The Ring The Tolkien Monster Encyclopedia The Tolkien Music List^{[note 3]} The Tolkien Shop^{[note 4]} The Tolkien Trail Mordor... The Land of Shadow TheOneRing.net^{[note 5]} There and Back Again Tolkien Archives Tolkien computer games Tolkien Online - The One Ring Tolkien.at Treebeard

Gallery

Volume I
Menu
Alternate menu
Gallery
Links
Map
Quiz
Credits

Volume II
Menu
Lexicon
Cookboook
Credits

External links

Official page of Volume I

Notes

↑ “The Lord of the Rings movie is the focus of this site. The “Games” section, with download links to related PC games, offers a very interesting addition.”
↑ Shortly afterwards, it expanded into LOTR Fanatics Plaza
↑ Moved to tolkien-music.com
↑ Tolkienwinkel
↑ TheOneRing.net

References

↑ "Cerasus.development". Online Games DatenBank
↑ Tim Pototzki (2002). "Im Gespräch: Sven Gärtner, Ralf Kraft und Gernot Speck, Topos". GamesMarket

[3] “The Lord of the Rings movie is the focus of this site. The “Games” section, with download links to related PC games, offers a very interesting addition.”

[4] Shortly afterwards, it expanded into LOTR Fanatics Plaza

[5] Moved to tolkien-music.com

[6] Tolkienwinkel

[7] TheOneRing.net

[1] "Cerasus.development". Online Games DatenBank

[interview-2] Tim Pototzki (2002). "Im Gespräch: Sven Gärtner, Ralf Kraft und Gernot Speck, Topos". GamesMarket

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