The Crack of Doom
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The Crack of Doom is the last game in Melbourne House's series of adventure games based on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. The gameplay combines a text-based adventure with illustrations from the main character's perspective. Players interact with the game using text-based descriptions and a parser system to execute actions.
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- Developer
- Beam Software Pty., Ltd.
- Publisher
- Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.
- Release · DOS
- Worldwide — 1989
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