The Hobbit: A Software Adventure
A ground breaking text-adventure video game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit.
The Hobbit: A Software Adventure is an adventure developed by Beam Software, released 1 November 1982 on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System and Commodore C64/128/MAX. The main story takes about 25 hrs to finish.
What The Hobbit: A Software Adventure is
The Hobbit: A Software Adventure is an adventure game developed by Beam Software and released in 1982. It was published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc.. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Apple II, BBC Microcomputer System, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Mac, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Now, the book by which all other fantasy adventures must be measured has come to life as the ultimate computer program. Now you can enter into one of the most incredible fantasy adventures the world has ever known. As Bilbo, the reluctant hobbit, you suddenly find yourself on a wonderful, frightening, magical journey. You, Gandalf the wizard, and Thorin the dwarf are off to slay the evil dragon and return the treasure he is hoarding. Along the way you will meet trolls and goblins, wizards and elves, Gollum, Bard, and other creatures of Middle-earth. What’s more, through your computer, you will actually be able to talk to these creatures, make friends (and enemies!), share meals, and collect…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series
The Hobbit: A Software Adventure is the first of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. The next entry was The Fellowship of the Ring: A Software Adventure in 1985. Its critic score of 80 is 6 points above the series average of 74. The highest-rated entry is The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring at 91.
How it was received
The Hobbit: A Software Adventure holds a critic score of 80 out of 100. That places it above 64% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 1982 averaged 66, so it scored 14 points above the year average.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 25 hrs.
What it launched against
The Hobbit: A Software Adventure launched on 1 November 1982, within three weeks of Q*bert, Time Pilot and Millipede. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Q*bert, Time Pilot, Millipede.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for The Hobbit: A Software Adventure yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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