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'''The Hobbit''' (also known as [[the Hobbit Software Adventure]]) is one of the first video games in [[Middle-earth]]. It is one of the most classic Text-Adventures in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe]. It has a good vocabulary and graphics. [[The Boggit]] is a parody of this game. The game had four different covers.
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{{video game infobox
| image=[[Image:Hobbit videogame 1982-1-.jpg]]
| name=The Hobbit
| developer=[[Beam Software]]
| publisher=[[Melbourne House]], [[Tansoft]] (The Hobbit) and [[Addison-Wesley]] (The Hobbit Software Adventure)
| platform=[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRS-80 TRS-80] (never published), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZX_Spectrum ZX-Spectrum], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 Commodore 64], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amstrad_CPC Amstrad CPC], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oric-1 Oric-1], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSX MSX], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_B BBC B], ''Dragon'', [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MVS MVS] (never released) (The Hobbit), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga Amiga] (never released), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_II Apple II], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64 Commodore 64], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS MS-DOS], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macintosh Macintosh] (The Hobbit Software Adventure)
| releasedate=[[1982]]
| genre=Illustrated Text-Adventure
|}}
 
'''The Hobbit''' (also known as [[the Hobbit Software Adventure]]) is one of the first video games in [[Middle-earth]]. It is one of the most classic Text-Adventures in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe Europe]. The authors of these software were [[Philip Mitchell]] and [[Veronika Megler]]. It has a good vocabulary and graphics. [[The Boggit]] is a parody of this game. The game had four different covers.


[[Category:Text-Adventure video games]] [[Category:Video games]] [[Category:Melbourne House]]
[[Category:Text-Adventure video games]] [[Category:Video games]] [[Category:Melbourne House]]

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The Hobbit
Video game
DeveloperBeam Software
PublisherMelbourne House, Tansoft (The Hobbit) and Addison-Wesley (The Hobbit Software Adventure)
PlatformTRS-80 (never published), ZX-Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Oric-1, MSX, BBC B, Dragon, MVS (never released) (The Hobbit), Amiga (never released), Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Macintosh (The Hobbit Software Adventure)
Release date1982
GenreIllustrated Text-Adventure

The Hobbit (also known as the Hobbit Software Adventure) is one of the first video games in Middle-earth. It is one of the most classic Text-Adventures in Europe. The authors of these software were Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler. It has a good vocabulary and graphics. The Boggit is a parody of this game. The game had four different covers.