The Hobbit

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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

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Critic Reviews

Home Computing Weekly	Oric	Jan 17, 1984		100
Tilt	PC Booter	Dec, 1986		100
Home Computing Weekly	Amstrad CPC	Jul 16, 1985		100
Commodore User	Commodore 64	Nov, 1983		90
Tilt	Amstrad CPC	Jul, 1985		83
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Oric	Apr, 1987	9.8 out of 12	82
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	ZX Spectrum	Apr, 1987	9.8 out of 12	82
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Commodore 64	Apr, 1987	9.8 out of 12	82
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amstrad CPC	Apr, 1987	9.8 out of 12	82
Zzap!	Commodore 64	May, 1985	75 out of 100	75

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
I have The Hobbit for GBA.	5	Martin Smith (62808) 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.)