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Hobbit - The True Story

Produced by: Milbus Software

Author: Fredrik Ramsberg and Johan Berntsson

Year: 1993

System: MS-DOS

Type: Text adventure

Covers: Parody of The Hobbit

Distribution: Shareware (USD 10)

Availability: Downloadable (see below)

Licensed: No

Possibly the first adventure ever written with BAT files(!).

Personal evaluation: Even though it is far too short and too easy to be worth the registration fee, it is very funny and well worth a try just because of the unusual implementation.

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Holy bazookas! MS-DOS has evolved into a complete text adventure. At last I found a good use for the thing!

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