Tolkien Musing - Hobbit Computer Game Magazines

This is a look at magazines which have details about the Hobbit Computer Game published by Melbourne House.

It only covers magazines which have larger articles, reviews, competitions or adverts.

It does not include magazines with just minor tips, letters, news or adverts.

These are some websites with additional details:

https://www.metafilter.com/172878/Thorin-sits-down-and-starts-singing-about-gold

http://www.ourdigitalheritage.org/archive/playitagain/games/the-hobbit-2/

https://spectrumcomputing.co.uk/entry/6440/ZX-Spectrum/The_Hobbit

Your Computer - January 1983

Featured in an article

Also Step into Future add

             

Sinclair User issue 12 - March 1983

Cover and review

Also Step into Future add

Computer & Video Games March 1983

Review in Book of Reviews Supplement

             

ZX Computing April/May 1983

Review - 3 pages

               

Practical Computing April 1983

Review

       

Computer & Video Games July 1983

Review

       

Sinclair User August 1983

Map

                

Popular Computing Weekly Vol 2 No 30 - 28th July/3rd August 1983

News on cover

     

Popular Computing Weekly 27th October/3rd November 1983

Interview with Author
       

Commodore User Vol 1 No 2 November 1983

Review (picture is on different page than review)
          

Personal Computer Games February 1984

Review
       

Crash April 1984

Interview with the producers

                

TV Gamer April 1984

Article
                

Computer Answers April 1984

Interview with Author

also has 2 page advert (golden joystick version)

       

Big K No 2 May 1984

Review
       

Crash No 4 May 1984

Review

       

TV Gamer June 1984

Review
       

Crash June 1984

Review

          

Commodore Horizons April 1985

Competition
       

Zzap No 1 May 1985

Review

       

Computer & Video Games May 1985

Competition
       

Crash July 1986

Competition
       

ZX Computing October 1986

Review
       

Computing with the Amstrad No 24 - December 1986

Solution

    

Popular Computing Weekly - 15/21 January 1987

Feature

    

Your Sinclair May 1987

Map

       

The Classic Adventurer No 1

Extensive interview with developers

http://classicadventurer.co.uk/pdf/01-A4.pdf

    

Adverts

2 page

This advert appeared in many magazines

    

Popular Computer Weekly 20 - 26th October 1983

       

Sinclair User September 1983

    
Sinclair User October 1983

    
Your Computer September 1983

    
Your Computer October 1983

    
Sinclair User November 1983

   
Home Computer Weekly December 1983

    
Sinclair User December 1983

    
Sinclair User January 1984

    
Your Computer January 1984
    
Micro Adventurer March 1984

    
Popular Computing Weekly July 1984

    

Golden Joystick version

    

Popular Computing Weekly March 1984

    
Computer Answers April 1984

    

Your Computer May 1984

    

Step Into the Future

 

Your Computer - December 1982

     
Your Computer - January 1983

    

Sinclair User - January 1983

     
Sinclair User issue 12 - March 1983

Hobbit and Penetrator

    

Sinclair User April 1983

    
Computer & Video Games April 1983

    

Green version

    

Sinclair User July 1983

    

Disk Release

    

Your Computer April 1985

    

1 Page - with Lord of the Rings game

Computer & Video Games - July 1986