<s>
Belegost	B-Application
is	O
a	O
1989	O
Czech	O
text	O
adventure	B-Application
for	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
considered	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
textovka	O
genre	O
—	O
the	O
Czechoslovak	O
text	O
adventure	B-Application
industry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Golden	O
Triangle	O
,	O
a	O
development	O
trio	O
made	O
up	O
of	O
Frantisek	O
Fuka	O
(	O
Fuxoft	O
)	O
,	O
Miroslav	O
Fídler	O
(	O
Cybexlab	O
)	O
and	O
Tomáš	O
Rylek	O
(	O
TRC	O
)	O
,	O
who	O
would	O
later	O
go	O
on	O
to	O
make	O
Jet-Story	B-Application
and	O
Tetris	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
three	O
met	O
at	O
Prague	O
's	O
Arabská	O
Gymnázium	O
,	O
and	O
before	O
they	O
had	O
access	O
to	O
computers	O
they	O
programmed	O
on	O
squared	O
paper	O
and	O
learned	O
the	O
basics	O
on	O
a	O
scientific	O
calculator	O
;	O
their	O
first	O
computers	O
were	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrums	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
is	O
what	O
essentially	O
all	O
of	O
their	O
games	O
were	O
made	O
for	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Rylek	O
finished	O
the	O
last	O
levels	O
in	O
Fuk	O
's	O
Tetris	B-Application
2	I-Application
,	O
according	O
to	O
Fuka	O
"	O
That	O
's	O
when	O
we	O
all	O
put	O
the	O
'	O
Golden	O
Triangle	O
 '	O
logo	O
in	O
all	O
our	O
games	O
(	O
no	O
matter	O
who	O
made	O
us	O
the	O
game	O
)	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
always	O
above	O
the	O
top	O
corner	O
of	O
the	O
triangle	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
Golden	O
Triangle	O
participated	O
in	O
this	O
title	O
,	O
although	O
the	O
main	O
driving	O
force	O
behind	O
Belegost	B-Application
was	O
Miroslav	O
Fídler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unusual	O
for	O
text	O
adventures	B-Application
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
has	O
a	O
sense	O
of	O
delayed	O
action	O
for	O
certain	O
game	O
events	O
,	O
for	O
instance	O
when	O
the	O
player	O
burns	O
moss	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
indicates	O
that	O
the	O
moss	O
is	O
burning	O
and	O
regardless	O
of	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
completes	O
an	O
action	O
,	O
will	O
later	O
note	O
than	O
the	O
moss	O
flame	O
has	O
extinguished	O
-	O
if	O
the	O
player	O
was	O
not	O
ready	O
to	O
complete	O
their	O
required	O
action	O
they	O
would	O
be	O
unable	O
to	O
successfully	O
complete	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Belegost	B-Application
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
many	O
text	O
adventures	B-Application
of	O
the	O
time	O
inspired	O
by	O
the	O
works	O
of	O
Tolkien	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
1979	O
Norwegian	O
adventure	B-Application
Ringen	O
,	O
a	O
series	O
that	O
began	O
with	O
The	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
,	O
and	O
parodies	O
such	O
as	O
The	O
Boggit	O
and	O
Bored	O
of	O
the	O
Rings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historie	O
a	O
kontext	O
produkce	O
počítačových	O
her	O
žánru	O
adventure	B-Application
v	O
České	O
republice	O
notes	O
that	O
Tolkien	O
's	O
works	O
were	O
a	O
popular	O
subject	O
for	O
video	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
Belegost	B-Application
fits	O
into	O
that	O
trend	O
alongside	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
's	O
The	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
(	O
1982	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Addison	O
Wesley	O
Publishing	O
Company	O
's	O
trio	O
of	O
games	O
The	B-Application
Fellowship	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Ring	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Shadows	I-Application
of	I-Application
Mordor	I-Application
(	O
1987	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Crack	O
Of	O
Doom	O
(	O
1989	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
experienced	O
success	O
on	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
compatible	O
computers	O
,	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
conversions	O
to	O
other	O
platforms	O
including	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
,	O
MS-DOS	O
,	O
Psion	B-Application
pocket	O
computers	O
,	O
NeXTStep	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
English	O
versions	O
were	O
later	O
made	O
for	O
the	O
NeXTSTEP	B-Application
and	O
Psion	B-Application
,	O
while	O
in	O
2010	O
a	O
remixed	O
version	O
was	O
created	O
by	O
Lacrima	O
for	O
iOS	O
devices	O
in	O
both	O
Czech	O
and	O
English	O
,	O
featuring	O
the	O
original	O
music	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Within	O
the	O
narrative	O
,	O
the	O
town	O
has	O
been	O
plundered	O
by	O
the	O
Orcs	B-Language
,	O
while	O
the	O
Alqualamir	O
stone	O
remained	O
in	O
the	O
city	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historie	O
a	O
kontext	O
produkce	O
počítačových	O
her	O
žánru	O
adventure	B-Application
v	O
České	O
republice	O
praised	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
original	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
"	O
well-elaborated	O
story	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
paper	O
Indiana	O
Jones	O
Fights	O
the	O
Communist	O
Police	O
notes	O
that	O
Belegost	B-Application
was	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
Czechoslovak	O
text	O
adventure	B-Application
industry	O
drawing	O
inspiration	O
from	O
fantasy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Database-her.cz	O
noted	O
that	O
by	O
filtering	O
out	O
the	O
Czech	O
games	O
in	O
their	O
database	O
and	O
sorting	O
them	O
by	O
year	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
the	O
oldest	O
Czech	O
game	O
is	O
Belegost	B-Application
,	O
though	O
added	O
that	O
this	O
is	O
only	O
true	O
of	O
DOS	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Root.cz	O
notes	O
that	O
Belegost	B-Application
is	O
one	O
Czech	O
game	O
along	O
with	O
Indiana	B-Device
Jones	I-Device
2	I-Device
that	O
did	O
n't	O
"	O
blindly	O
"	O
copy	O
the	O
control	O
system	O
for	O
Colossal	B-Application
Cave	I-Application
Adventure	I-Application
,	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
two	O
titles	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
brainchilds	O
of	O
Fuka	O
,	O
use	O
icons	O
and	O
drop-down	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gaming	O
the	O
Iron	O
Curtain	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
title	O
's	O
icon	O
based	O
interface	O
led	O
to	O
it	O
being	O
essentially	O
a	O
point	O
n	O
click	O
adventure	B-Application
without	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
