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''''Moria'''' is an old [[roguelike]] [[computer game]], based on a story from ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''.  The goal in the game is to reach the bottom of the [[maze]] of mines of [[Moria (Middle-earth)|Moria]] and kill the [[Balrog]].  The original version was written by Robert Alan Koeneke at the [[University of Oklahoma]] after he became hooked on ''[[Rogue (computer game)|Rogue]]'' but could not run it on the [[VAX]] 11/780 computer running [[Virtual Memory System|VMS]] to which he had access.
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{{video game infobox
| image=[[File:Moria (videogame) - cover.jpg]]
| name=Moria
| developer=Mike Howard (ZX-Spectrum)<ref name="Tolkien Games">{{webcite|author=Fredrik Ekman|articleurl=http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/moria.html|articlename=Moria|dated=|website=Games|accessed=14 august 2010}}</ref><br/>Adrian Sheppard (Oric-1)<ref name="Tolkien Games"/>
| publisher=[[Severn Software]]<ref name="Tolkien Games"/>
| platform=[[wikipedia:Commodore_64|Commodore 64]]<br/>[[wikipedia:Oric-1|Oric-1]]<br/>[[wikipedia:ZX_Spectrum|ZX-Spectrum]]
| releasedate=[[1982]]
| genre=[[wikipedia:Role-playing games|RPG]], [[wikipedia:Interactive fiction|Text-Adventure]]
|}}
:''Not to be confused with the MUD [[The Dungeons of Moria (video game)]]''


Version 1.0 was written in VMS [[Pascal programming language|Pascal]] and completed in the summer of [[1983]]. From around [[1985]] the [[source code]] was widely distributed under a licence that permitted sharing and modification but not commercial use.  Koeneke's last release was ''Moria 4.7'' in [[1986]] or [[1987]].
'''Moria''' is an illustrated, role-playing text-adventure video game set in [[Moria]].<ref name="Tolkien Games"/><ref>{{webcite|author=Fredrik Ekman|articleurl=http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tolkien/games/|articlename=List of computer games and MUDs with a Tolkien theme (long)|dated=|website=[http://www.faqs.org faqs.org]|accessed=16 august 2010}}</ref> The objective of the game is to find [[Ring of Thrór|Durin's Ring]].<ref name="Tolkien Games"/> Although commercial, it was not licensed by the [[Tolkien Estate]] or the [[Middle-earth Enterprises|Tolkien Enterprises]].<ref name="Tolkien Games"/>


''Moria'' inspired a number of derivative versions. Jim E. Wilson created ''Umoria'', a modified version in [[C programming language|C]] for [[Unix|UNIX]].  At the [[University of Washington]] a modified Pascal version named ''Imoria'' was developed, which has been ported to [[C programming language|C]] by Steve Kertes.  ''[[Angband (computer game)|Angband]]'' was derived from ''Umoria'' at the [[University of Warwick]].  Furthermore, it is known to have been an inspiration for ''[[Diablo (computer game)|Diablo]]''.
==See also==
* [[The Dungeons of Moria (video game)|The Dungeons of Moria]], another RPG set in Moria


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&selm=4ge77v%24clt%40ionews.ionet.net  Usenet article] from February 21, 1996 in which Robert Alan Koeneke discusses the origins of the game.
* [http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/moria.html Moria] at [http://www.lysator.liu.se Tolkien Games]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/games3/imoria/imoria.html Steve Kertes' C port of IMoria ]
 
* [http://roguelike-palm.sourceforge.net/kMoria/ KMoria - port of Unix Moria 5.5.2 for the Palm OS]
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* [http://www.piratehaven.org/~beej/moria/ The Moria Page]
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[[Category:Commodore 64 games]]
[[Category:Oric-1 games]]
[[Category:Role playing games]]
[[Category:Text-Adventure video games]]
[[Category:ZX Spectrum games]]

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Moria
Video game
DeveloperMike Howard (ZX-Spectrum)[1]
Adrian Sheppard (Oric-1)[1]
PublisherSevern Software[1]
PlatformCommodore 64
Oric-1
ZX-Spectrum
Release date1982
GenreRPG, Text-Adventure
Not to be confused with the MUD The Dungeons of Moria (video game)

Moria is an illustrated, role-playing text-adventure video game set in Moria.[1][2] The objective of the game is to find Durin's Ring.[1] Although commercial, it was not licensed by the Tolkien Estate or the Tolkien Enterprises.[1]

See also[edit | edit source]

External links[edit | edit source]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Fredrik Ekman, "Moria", Tolkien computer games (accessed 14 August 2010)
  2. Fredrik Ekman, "List of computer games and MUDs with a Tolkien theme (long)", faqs.org (accessed 16 August 2010)