The Hobbit (1982 video game)

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The Hobbit
Video game
DeveloperBeam Software
PublisherMelbourne House, Tansoft (The Hobbit) and Addison-Wesley (The Hobbit Software Adventure)
PlatformZX-Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Oric-1, MSX, BBC B, Dragon, Apple II, Macintosh
Release date1982
GenreIllustrated Text-Adventure

The Hobbit or The Hobbit Software Adventure (such it is named in North America and Australia) was the first licensed video game based on Tolkien's work. It was part of the Tolkien Trilogy and the Tolkien Software Adventure Series.