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"The Hobbit" is one of those "old-school" text adventures published by Melbourne House based on JRR Tolkien's classic novel of the same name. I would peg its difficulty level at a nine out of ten given the timed events and the number of times you'd get killed in certain places. I couldn't knock the music, however, and Brennan's compositions add wonderful atmosphere to this game and helped take a bit of the frustration out of the game. I also liked the graphic screens, especially the way the fill was drawn in for them.

And yes, I had a walkthrough sitting underneath VICE while I was questing. I also sped up the video footage so I could give the next song its proper place in the game. This part was tough if you didn't get captured. Especially considering I couldn't find the boat as it was described from the walkthrough.