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Moria also known as The mines of Moria	medieval fantastic role playing game Tolkien	1984	image specs screenshots machines company oc_id source /media/museum/software/oric_severn-software_moria_box_1_m.jpg label value year of release 1984 label value companies Severn Software label value type game label value media tape label value systems Oric compatible systems label value number of players 1 player label value staff Adrian Sheppard title subtitle text image title screen /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss1.png title subtitle text image title screen /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss8.png title subtitle text image please wait while the ring is hidden /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss9.png title subtitle text image /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss10.png title subtitle text image you have met an orc /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss11.png title subtitle text image /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss13.png title subtitle text image you are warped to another level... /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss14.png title subtitle text image trade with the merchant /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss15.png title subtitle text image floor N°5 /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss16.png title subtitle text image you have met a Balrog... RUUUNNNN! /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss17.png title subtitle text image you have found the entrance of the Moria... /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss19.png title subtitle text image ... but do you have the ring ? /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss18.png title subtitle text image game over /media/museum/software/oric_moria_ss12.png title subtitle text image tape /media/museum/software/oric_soft_moria_tape_1.jpg title subtitle text image box /media/museum/software/oric_severn-software_moria_box_1.jpg /museum/oric-atmos /companies/oric 713 url date https://web.archive.org/web/20230607124513/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/software_detail.asp?id=713 2023-06-07

RPG game inspired by Tolkien's books

Moria is a game inspired by Tolkien's book "The Lord of the Rings." This is probably its only quality ...

Welcome to the Mines of Moria. As you may recall from the book Lord of the Rings, the mines of Moria are the ancient home of Durin's folk: the dwarves. Long deserted, the mines contain old hoards of jewels and gold guarded by the ancient, evil terrors of the earlier ages. You will find yourself inside and your problem will be to get yourself out alive!

The only way out is to arrive at the exit (wherever that is) carrying Durin's ring - the last of the seven. You first have to find the ring.

The mines of Moria are represented by a grid of 36 cases (6 x 6) on several levels. You move with N, S, E and W keys. You will discover several objects randomly scattered around the mine (jewels, armor, weapons, potions, etc.) but also monsters (Trolls, Orcs, Warga and Balrog).

You can fight monsters or retreat, which is a better solution against a Balrog if you have not found any armour or weapon yet!

You will also meet traders from which you can buy strength and wound salves, and Wizard who will sell you spells (to open doors)

The graphics are really poor. The mine grid only use 1/4 of the screen, and that's it! Worse, the grid is erased each time there's text interaction with the player (fight, trader, wizard, etc.) and redrawn again from zero, preventing you from remembering what cases you already visited!!

The game really looks like it's been programmed in Basic (and it must have).

The only interesting feature is that the mines are different each time you start a game. Objects, monsters, traders, wizards, stairways, the exit and the ring are placed randomly for each game.