The Hobbit (1982 video game)
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The Hobbit is an illustrated text adventure video game released in December 1982 for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Based on the 1937 book The Hobbit, by J. R. R. Tolkien, it was developed at Beam Sof
ZX Spectrum cover art
Golden Joystick Awards
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The Golden Joystick Awards, also known as the People's Gaming Awards, is a video game award ceremony; it awards the best video games of the year. Although originally solely voted for by the British pu
The Hobbit (1982 video game)
…in 1980. The Hobbit was a bestseller in the UK on the ZX Spectrum in 1983 and on both the C64 and BBC by the end of the year. The game won the 1983 Golden Joystick Award for best strategy game. The game was also a huge commercial success, selling over 100,000 copies in its first two years at a retail price of £14.95…
1989/1990: Paul Patterson of Ocean Software receives, from Jonathan Ross and Julian Rignall, "Best Coin-Op Conversion of the Year" (8-bit) award.