The Hobbit

1982

Author: Veronika Megler and Philip Mitchell
Publisher: Melbourne House
Style: Parser, Procedural Story
Language: Z80 Assembler
Launch Platform: ZX Spectrum

This bestselling text adventure featured an ambitious and ahead-of-its-time procedural engine such that no two playthroughs were identical.
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Notes on source code and data format
Original instruction manual
Walkthrough and hints
A Guide To Playing The Hobbit

Book by David Elkan about the game.

Vintage ad
The Boggit (parody game)
Vintage review