Original game imageAbout
The Hobbit is an illustrated text adventure developed by Beam Software and published by Melbourne House in 1982, based on J. R. R. Tolkien's 1937 novel of the same name. hobbitgfx is a from-scratch reimplementation of the graphics engine used by The Hobbit, accompanied by a browser-based demo and a blog post explaining the technical details, rather than a recreation of the full game.
How it differs from the original
It only reproduces the original graphics-rendering engine, not the text-adventure's gameplay, story, or parser; the project also notes that the underlying graphics data remains copyrighted by the original publisher, Beam Software.
Getting started
A live demo can be viewed directly in the browser, alongside a companion blog post explaining how the engine works.
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Original game imageA full disassembly of the ZX Spectrum version of The Hobbit, published as an annotated code listing rather than a playable remake.
Platforms:ZX Spectrum
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Updated3 years ago
LicenseUnknown
Release2021