| ID | 6440 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Hobbit |
| Machine | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Adventure Game: Text/Illustrated |
| Max Players | 1 |
| Available Type | A |
| Without Load Screen | No |
| Without Inlay | No |
| Type | Link | Size | MD5 | Flags | Details | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitTheV1.0.tzx.zip | 31,200 | - | NoneOriginal release (O) | v1.0 | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitTheV1.2.tzx.zip | 31,671 | - | NoneOriginal release (O) | v1.2 | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitTheV1.2(TextOnly).tzx.zip | 31,736 | - | NoneOriginal release (O) | v1.2(Text Only) | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitTheV1.0.tap.zip | 45,782 | - | Undetermined | v1.0 | |
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitTheV1.2.tap.zip | 34,009 | - | Undetermined | v1.2 | |
| Loading screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/load/h/scr/HobbitThe.scr | 6,912 | - | |||
| Running screen | /pub/sinclair/screens/in-game/h/HobbitThe.gif | 2,637 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-info/h/HobbitTheV1.0.txt | 28,336 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/h/HobbitThe.jpg | 97,133 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/h/HobbitThe_2.jpg | 143,334 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/h/HobbitThe_3.jpg | 211,387 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/h/HobbitThe_4.png | 159,869 | - | |||
| Game map | /pub/sinclair/games-maps/h/HobbitThe_5.png | 324,576 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/h/HobbitThe.jpg | 512,609 | - | |||
| Advertisement | /pub/sinclair/games-adverts/h/HobbitThe_2.jpg | 300,583 | - | |||
| Instructions | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/HobbitThe_Manual.jpg | 116,058 | - | Manual | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/HobbitThe_OriginalPackaging-Back.jpg | 67,725 | - | Original packaging | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/HobbitThe_OriginalPackaging-Front.jpg | 77,536 | - | Original packaging | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/HobbitThe_RegistrationCard.jpg | 58,929 | - | Registration card | ||
| ? | /pub/sinclair/games-extras/HobbitThe_RegistrationCardEnvelope.jpg | 24,026 | - | Registration card | ||
| POK pokes file | /zxdb/sinclair/pokes/h/Hobbit, The (1982)(Melbourne House).pok | 245 | ae5d96d5805d8b31c56a615e8cee89c7 | |||
| Inlay - Front | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe.jpg | 230,231 | db1fc8641c8f7e3c88fb1c05059ea27a | NoneCardbox case (small) | ||
| Inlay - Front | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_2.jpg | 337,094 | 1427489c1abf6f2417430bc6cbf5c5b5 | NoneDouble jewel case | ||
| RZX playback file | https://archive.org/download/rzxarchive/hobbit.rzx | - | - | Recorded by Keith Rundle | ||
| Instructions | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe(EN).pdf | 250,141 | 75804361c54b21622dfac869e8c29d48 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_Media.jpg | 117,848 | 214bfc41af974a99bd83b1824bad5520 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_SideA.jpg | 98,562 | e90a5409f8946bf675d3b3926d24b7f4 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_SideA_2.jpg | 76,751 | 3dadc0d21242e0a5a6897eea241000b5 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_SideB.jpg | 88,236 | 47184975daaf7cc649d6561bf3f1d2d2 | None | ||
| Media scan | /zxdb/sinclair/entries/0006440/HobbitThe_SideB_2.jpg | 71,261 | 23bece3edf8a9a2c79f3609435f44f8a | None | ||
| Tape image | /pub/sinclair/games/h/HobbitThe(SinclairResearchLtd).tzx.zip | 31,211 | - | NoneRe-release (R) | ||
| Inlay - Front | /pub/sinclair/games-inlays/Rereleases/h/HobbitThe(SinclairResearchLtd).jpg | 323,668 | - |
| Type | Title | Publication | Issue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| standalone | Hobbit, The | Melbourne House | - | 1982 |
| Direction | Type | Entry |
|---|---|---|
| To | Inspiration for | The Boggit |
| To | Mod(s) | Hobbit 128 |
| To | Documented by | A Guide to Playing the Hobbit |
| To | Documented by | Playing The Hobbit |
| To | Documented by | There and Back Again: A Case History of Writing "The Hobbit" |
| Tag | Type | Category | Member Seq | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big K - Readers Poll 1984 | Annual Awards | Adventure Game of the Year | 2 | LinkOther awards:
1st in category "Programmer of the Year" - Matthew Smith
2nd in category "Programmer of the Year" - Tony Crowther
3rd in category "Programmer of the Year" - Jeff Minter
1st in category "Software Company of the Year" - Ultimate
2nd in category "Software Company of the Year" - Software Projects
3rd in category "Software Company of the Year" - Beyond
4th in category "Software Company of the Year" - Ocean
5th in category "Software Company of the Year" - Melbourne House |
| Bookware | Feature | - | Bookware means software that was published with a related book or novella included in the same package. | |
| C&VG Spectrum Top Ten 1983 | Annual Awards | - | ||
| Dragon | Theme | - | LinkGames where the main theme is a dragon | |
| Golden Joystick Awards 1983 | Annual Awards | Strategy Game of the Year | 1 | |
| Golden Joystick Awards 1983 | Annual Awards | Game of the Year | 2 |
| Website | Score | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| WorldOfSpectrum | 8.54 | 207 |
| Type | Text |
|---|---|
| Remarks | ZXSR: Originally came with book, also re-issued at £9.95 without book. |
| Remarks | This was the first Spectrum game ever to sell a million copies. Veronika remembers: "It was never released in the US, because some company owned the rights to the pictures, and wouldn't let us license it there. On the funny side - in a pre-release version I'd written in an angry dwarf that kept trying to kill you, and if you did something (I don't remember what) it became a randy dwarf, and kept following you around and propositioning you. But Fred and Phil decided that was a little too much, and made me take it out again." |
| Known Errors | In the original version 1.1 of the game it was impossible to kill the dragon. That's because you couldn't go east from the town in the middle of the Long Lake. This has been corrected in version 1.2, mind. It sounds like it was a slight fault in the routine where you must ask Elrond to read the map for you, and the route he tells you about is only actually filled in on the map at that point. If you don't have him read the map to you then the route won't exist. The way to spot the difference between the versions is that the names of the programmers have been added on the loading screen for 1.2. (Ian Ormesher in Your Sinclair #5 page 62) |
| Awards | Rank #01 - 1984 Sinclair User Top 50 Spectrum Software Classics |
| Name | Type | Official | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Hobbit | Book | Yes | - |