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| platform=''The Hobbit'': [[wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] (never released), [[wikipedia:Amstrad CPC|Amstrad CPC]], [[wikipedia:BBC B|BBC B]], [[wikipedia:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]], | | platform=''The Hobbit'': [[wikipedia:Amiga|Amiga]] (never released), [[wikipedia:Amstrad CPC|Amstrad CPC]], [[wikipedia:BBC B|BBC B]], [[wikipedia:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]], [[wikipedia:Dragon 32/64|Dragon 32]], [[wikipedia:MSX|MSX]], [[wikipedia:Oric-1|Oric-1]], [[wikipedia:ZX-Spectrum|ZX-Spectrum]]<ref name="Tolkien Games">[http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/hobbit.html Tolkien Games] (retrieved 16 August 2010)</ref><br/>''The Hobbit Software Adventure'': [[wikipedia:Apple II|Apple II]], [[wikipedia:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]], [[wikipedia:Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[wikipedia:MS-DOS|MS-DOS]]<ref name="Tolkien Games"/><ref name="FAQ">[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/tolkien/games/ FAQS, Tolkien Games] (retrieved 16 August 2010)</ref> | ||
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The Hobbit | |
Video game | |
Developer | Beam Software |
Publisher | Melbourne House, Tansoft (The Hobbit) and Addison-Wesley (The Hobbit Software Adventure) |
Platform | The Hobbit: Amiga (never released), Amstrad CPC, BBC B, Commodore 64, Dragon 32, MSX, Oric-1, ZX-Spectrum[1] The Hobbit Software Adventure: Apple II, Commodore 64, Macintosh, MS-DOS[1][2] |
Release date | 1982 |
Genre | Illustrated text-adventure |
The Hobbit (also known as The Hobbit Software Adventure in North America and Australia) was the first licensed video game based on Tolkien's work, being the first part of The Tolkien Trilogy (also known as The Tolkien Software Adventure Series). The game was designed by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler,[3] and every game included a copy of The Hobbit and an instruction book.[4] There are 80 locations in the game of which 30 were illustrated by Kent Rees.[4]
In 1984 David Elkan published a book, A Guide to Playing The Hobbit, to help players complete the game.[5] Beam Software originally planned a sequel, Where Hobbits Dare, but was cancelled.[2]
Reception
With a retail price of £14.95,[6] The Hobbit, sold over 100,000 copies in the first two years,[7] and had sold over a million copies by the end of the decade.
In 1983's Golden Joystick Awarda it was the winner of the category Best Strategy Game and came second in the category Game of the Year.[3]
See Also
- The Boggit, a parody video game of The Hobbit
- The Hobbit, the book by J.R.R. Tolkien
External Links
- The Hobbit at Giantbomb
- The Hobbit at MobyGames
- The Hobbit at Tolkien Games
- The Hobbit (1982 video game) at Wikipedia
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tolkien Games (retrieved 16 August 2010)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 FAQS, Tolkien Games (retrieved 16 August 2010)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 World of Spectrum (retrieved at 14 August 2010)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 ZX Computing, iss. 8304, p. 76 reproduced at World of Spectrum - Archive (retrieved at 14 August 2010)
- ↑ David Elkan, A Guide to Playing The Hobbit (1984: Melbourne House) ISBN 0-86161-161-6
- ↑ Rusel DeMaria and Johnny L. Wilson, High Score!: The Illustrated History of Electronic Games, (Berkeley, California: McGraw-Hill/Osborne,2002), p. 347, ISBN 0-07-222428-2
- ↑ Mike Gerrard, "Adventuring into an Unknown World", in The Guardian, 1984-08-30, section Micro Guardian/Futures, p. 13