The Hobbit (1982 video game)

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The Hobbit (1982 video game) is an influential early text-and-graphics adventure game for home computers, renowned for its complex parser, dynamic world simulation, and pioneering adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novel.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf adventure game ⓘ
graphic adventure ⓘ
text adventure ⓘ
video game ⓘ
adaptationOfGenre fantasy novel ⓘ
basedOn The Hobbit ⓘ
basedOnWorkBy J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Australia ⓘ
developer Beam Software ⓘ
distributionFormat cassette tape ⓘ
floppy disk ⓘ
featuresCharacter Gandalf ⓘ
Gollum ⓘ
Smaug ⓘ
Thorin Oakenshield ⓘ
genre adventure ⓘ
interactive fiction ⓘ
hasGameMode single-player ⓘ
hasParserName Inglish ⓘ
hasVisuals static illustrations ⓘ
influenced The Lord of the Rings: Game One ⓘ
later graphic adventure games ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mediaType software ⓘ
notableFeature NPCs acting independently ⓘ
complex text parser ⓘ
dynamic world simulation ⓘ
pioneering text-and-graphics integration ⓘ
real-time elements ⓘ
notableFor high difficulty ⓘ
innovative natural-language-style input ⓘ
multiple solutions to puzzles ⓘ
platform Apple II ⓘ
Atari 8-bit family ⓘ
BBC Micro ⓘ
Commodore 16 ⓘ
Commodore 64 ⓘ
Commodore Plus/4 ⓘ
Dragon 32 ⓘ
IBM PC ⓘ
MSX ⓘ
linked to: MSX computers

Oric ⓘ
TRS-80 Color Computer ⓘ
linked to: Tandy TRS-80

ZX Spectrum ⓘ
protagonist Bilbo Baggins ⓘ
publicationDate 1982 ⓘ
publisher Addison-Wesley ⓘ
Melbourne House ⓘ
publisherImprint Melbourne House (book and software imprint) ⓘ
setting Middle-earth ⓘ

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The Hobbit → hasAdaptation → The Hobbit (1982 video game) ⓘ
The Hobbit → hasAdaptation → The Hobbit (2003 video game) ⓘ
linked to: The Hobbit (1982 video game)