The Boggit: Bored Too

After Bored of the Rings parodied JRR Tolkien's classic Lord of the Rings series, Delta 4 did the same thing with its predecessor The Hobbit, preceding New Line Cinema's identical sequence by 20 years. There is a logical 3-part structure to the adventure, but there are also jokes such as the Old Ford location on the map being near a New Ford - a new Ford Sierra car.

This interactive fiction with graphics game thus features reluctant adventurer Bimbo Faggins and devious magician Grandalf attempting to gain treasure, ultimately by appearing on a TV game show. VERB NOUN inputs are used for most instructions, although you have to TALK someone before SAYing anything to them. EXAMINEing objects is crucial to progress, and to finding the best jokes.

Added February 12, 2021
Published By CRL Group PLC
Developed By Delta 4 Software
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Back Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Front Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Inside Cover (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Media (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Extras (United Kingdom) (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
IGDB Cover from igdb.com
Loading screen (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
The main index for Sceptical II (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Title screen and credits (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Starting location of part 1 (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
I died. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
This is the screen you get if you try to load parts 2 or 3. (Commodore 64) from mobygames.com
Loading screen (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Title screen (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Game start (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Waiting for Grandalf (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Notice the chest (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Inside it - notice the joke in the dates (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
The plains are especially plain here (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Attacked by dwarves (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
The dwarves give chase (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
What's the magic word? (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Info from Grandalf (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Not just an ology, but THE ology (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
It's a locked door (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Inventory (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Rivendull is quite an obvious pun (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Never seen a peppermint path before (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
A little meta-reference there (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Postcards (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Precarious indeed (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Nice song (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com
Title screen: Zenobi Software release (ZX Spectrum) from mobygames.com

Year of Release:
1986

Genre(s):
Interactive Fiction Traditional

Graphic Style:
2D

Camera View:
First-Person

Control Type:
Text Parser

Setting/Theme:
Comedy Fantasy

Other Tags:
Parody

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