Talk:The Hobbit (1982 video game)

Philip Mitchell

The Philip Mitchell linked in this article appears to be British author and not an Australian programmer. I strongly suspect these are two separate and unrelated people who just happen to share the same name (also the same name as an Eastenders TV character). However I have been unable to track down any further information on the "real" Philip Mitchell beyond this page. Andrew Oakley 16:44, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

Update: Interviewed in 1996 when he was project manager and support tools programmer for The Dame Was Loaded 1st-person game. Has listing on MobyGames.com as still working for Atari/Melbourne House in 1999 on GP500 game. Andrew Oakley

Link to the helper guide?

Is there a website with the guide to help play the game? DebateKid 17:58, 20 February 2007 (UTC)

On which system was it first created?

On which computer system was the game originally written, i.e. which version is not a port? -- 85.182.121.209 13:43, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

I remember that it was always regarded first and foremost as a ZX Spectrum game, but I have no sources for this other than my own memories. 213.140.11.141 (talk) 11:11, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

According to http://www.lysator.liu.se/tolkien-games/entry/hobbit.html it was initally written for the TRS-80, but was moved to the ZX Spectrum when it was released. --Frodet (talk) 22:42, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

When was the Amstrad CPC version released? It cannot have been 1982. 2fort5r (talk) 14:32, 10 September 2009 (UTC)

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Versions

The Spectrum game was released in two versions, 1.0 and 1.2. What was the difference between them? 2fort5r (talk) 21:46, 26 January 2011 (UTC)

A number of bugs were fixed in the code; some corrections in the databases (dictionary, locations, objects) were done. Though the look-and-feel of V 1.0 and 1.2 is quite similar, the code underwent a major recompile. [CH] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.22.78.114 (talk) 18:20, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Cursing

I seem to recall the game was also novel in its handling of profanity: if — as I and many of then 14 year old friends did — type in something along the lines of ‘F*ck Off’, the game would reply with something along the lines of “I’m a sophisticated piece of software written by intelligent designers, and you’re telling me to f*ck off? You f*ck off”.

As I recall, it would do this with common profanity: rarer words would get the usual “I don’t Understand” type response common to these games — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cuddy2977 (talk • contribs) 18:20, 29 March 2011 (UTC)

This is definitely not true. Maybe you mix up with some different game? No curse words are in the dictionary which defines all words understood by the parser. You can look at the V 1.2 game dictonary at my 'Wilderland' homepage (found in the EXTERNAL LINKS section of the article). [CH] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.22.78.114 (talk) 18:29, December 18, 2012 (UTC)