The Hobbit (1982 video game)

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adventure game graphic adventure text adventure video game

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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Label	Occurrences
The Hobbit (1982 video game) canonical	1
The Hobbit (2003 video game)	1

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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 computers ⓘ surface form: MSX Oric ⓘ Tandy TRS-80 ⓘ surface form: TRS-80 Color Computer 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) ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Hobbit (2003 video game)