Paul Bussey 2025

Aka:

The Hobbit: Exploring Wilderland

Language:

English

Authors:

Paul Bussey

Systems:

BASIC

Platforms:

BBC/Electron

Genres:

Tolkien

Entered by:

iamaran

Added:

29-12-2025

Edited:

29-12-2025

Synopsis

The Objective:
The game has 10 valuable treasures scattered across 52 locations (from Beorn's House to the Lonely Mountain). To win, you must find and TAKE all 10 items. Once your inventory holds every treasure, the game detects this and you win.

The Catch:
You aren't alone. There are a number of NPCs (12 altogether) with some of them wandering the map. They will move between locations, open and close doors, and -most importantly- pick up and drop items. If you can't find the Valuable Treasure, chances are a goblin (or even Thorin) has picked it up and walked off with it! You might have to follow them and wait for them to drop it.

Notes

A coding project to squeeze a very simplified version of the classic text adventure game "The Hobbit" by Veronika Megler, Philip Mitchell and David Johnston into a BBC BASIC program.

The map pretty much follows the original Hobbit text adventure, but the more random parts of the map (stuck in Goblins caves) have been toned down.

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Further Info:

• Search at Complete BBC Games Archive
• Search at Museum of Computer Adventure Game History

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