The Hobbit (Commodore 64)

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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

User Reviews

There are no reviews for the Commodore 64 release of this game. You can use the links below to write your own review or read reviews for the other platforms of this game.

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
Happy Computer	Jan, 1984	Unscored	Unscored
64'er	Aug, 1984	Unscored	Unscored

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
I have The Hobbit for GBA.	5	Martin Smith (62935) 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 things

Extras

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)

Information also contributed by Guy Chapman

Related Web Sites

• Crapshoot (A humorous review on PC Gamer)
• The Hobbit on Wikipedia (Here you can find all sorts of info about the game.)