The Hobbit (Commodore 64)
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Genre Perspective Visual Pacing Gameplay Interface Setting Misc |
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Description
Relive Tolkien's The Hobbit as Bilbo Baggins. A piece of Interactive fiction (with graphics to illustrate locations), you follow the plot of Tolkien's book (before the Lord of the Rings trilogy), starting with an encounter with Gandalf and Thorin. The other characters can make their own moves independently of the player and their actions can sometimes result in a situation where it is not possible to complete the game.The implementation is rich enough that you can play entirely without pictures if you wish. Also, gameplay happens in realtime, uncommon for interactive fiction. The game's parser, called Inglish took as long to develop as the rest of the game.
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Part of the Following Groups
- Game Engine: Inglish
- Inspiration: Author - J. R. R. Tolkien
- Inspiration: Literature
- The Tolkien Software Adventure series
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Critic Reviews
Home Computing Weekly | Nov 08, 1983 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
100 |
Commodore User | Nov, 1983 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
90 |
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) | Apr, 1987 | 9.8 out of 12 | 82 |
Zzap! | May, 1985 | 75 out of 100 | 75 |
Info | Dec, 1985 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
70 |
64'er | Aug, 1984 | Unscored | Unscored |
Happy Computer | Jan, 1984 | Unscored | Unscored |
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Topic | # Posts | Last Post |
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I have The Hobbit for GBA. | 5 | Martin Smith (66857) Jul 22, 2007 |
Trivia
1001 Video Games
The Hobbit appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.Bugs
There is a very famous bug, that you can put yourself inside the chest, close the lid and still walk around in the game and look at thingsExtras
The original releases of The Hobbit also included Tolkien's full novel as an added bonus.Awards
- ACE
- February 1991 (issue #41) - Included in the list Greatest Games of all Time, section Adventure Games (editorial staff choice)
- Computer and Video Games
- Golden Joystick Award 1983: Winner Strategy Game of the Year
- Zzap!
- May 1985 (Issue 1) - #3 'My Ten All-Time Favourites' (White Wizard)
Related Web Sites
- Crapshoot (A humorous review on PC Gamer)
- retro*GAMER (The Making Of) (For combined platforms.)
- The Hobbit on Wikipedia (Here you can find all sorts of info about the game.)
Kabushi (202601) added The Hobbit (Commodore 64) on Aug 30, 2004
Other platforms contributed by Trypticon (11036), Trixter (9128), Guy Chapman (2001), Kabushi (202601), Martin Smith (66857), Pseudo_Intellectual (59603) and koffiepad (10541)
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Addison-Wesley
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Russel Comte (as Russell Comte), Greg Holland
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