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The Hobbit: The True Story

Authors:Johan Berntsson and Fredrik Ramsberg
Genres:Adaptation>Literary
Fantasy>Tolkienesque
Humor>Satire
Released:1993
License:Shareware
Review:

Play an adventure without leaving the DOS prompt! Like Mecha-Godzilla: The True Story, this game consists entirely of .bat files, one for each verb. Game state is stored in environment variables. As for the game itself, it's a parody of Tolkien's work. To say more would be to repeat most of the game's text - this is a tiny tiny game, and should take all of ten minutes to solve. Worthwhile for the novelty of the implementation.

Rating: **

Reviewed by Carl Muckenhoupt (30 Jun 2000)

Related Links:SPAG review
The Hobbit: The True Story: Tolkien Computer Games
Downloads:
hobbit.blb (179.34 KB)
Glulx executable (version: 1, ported by Darren Bane)
Hobbit_redux_dircut.zip (14.58 KB)
MS-DOS executable (version: director's cut)


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