Comments on: The Hobbit (ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64, 1982)

By: sebastian

sebastian — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:31:35 +0000

I am so addicted to this classic game I play it hours on end its very hard.

By: took

took — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:39:11 +0000

my dad used to put elrond in a sack and carry him round in this game

By: El Hobbit « Blog de un ganso & cia.

El Hobbit « Blog de un ganso & cia. — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:33:04 +0000

[...] lo digo por que hace muchos años jugué a otra versión que era así de chula. Me parece recordar que en esa época ya hacía unos 3 ó 4 años que le daba a los videojuegos. [...]

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 21:16:43 +0000

I enjoyed reading this…I can relate to you, but for me, I discovered Sierra games, and THEN went back to the text-adventures. Take care!

By: how to date women

how to date women — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 07:52:01 +0000

I used to play soccer in my high school days. I was a bad player. Really bad. lol. I have 2 ankle injuries due to playing soccer. So i would advice you guys to take precaution of your safety. Trust me, it’s frustrating. Good luck =)

By: Tina B.

Tina B. — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:44:54 +0000

That was very interesting, learning English that way. By the way, I love LOTR also and video games.

By: 8 random things about me at Way of the Mind

8 random things about me at Way of the Mind — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 11:30:37 +0000

[...] 1- I love all things zombie. Since I discovered George A. Romero’s movies, I’ve turned into a zombie nut, and have bought a lot of DVDs, video games, books, comics, etc. with zombies (including variants such as the 28 Days Later infected). It’s hard to say why the genre appeals to me so much; maybe it’s because zombies force us to look at ourselves with brutal honesty, sometimes for the first time. Plus, I love “what if” scenarios such as a world-wide zombie apocalypse: what would I do? Probably not survive long, but I’d sure try. 2- I love unintentional humor, that is, things that weren’t intended to be funny, but somehow are. For instance, bad translations (such as in many video games), or the crude anti-communism in 60s Marvel comics (”We have no choice! Our communist overlords will slay us if we fail in our mission!”), or some “odd” titles (”Giant-Size Man-Thing”)). 3- I’m usually shy in person (much more than on the Internet), especially with people I’ve just met. Except after a few drinks; then it’s hard to shut me up. I don’t become “dumb” or violent, though, like some people do when they drink. 4- I love learning and solving problems, but after everything is working perfectly and there’s no more room for improvement, I usually get bored with my own solution, and start looking for something new to challenge me — even if it involves replacing my “perfect” solution with something else in need of improvement. Similarly, once I exchanged an 8-bit computer for an inferior one, simply because it was completely different, and new to me. 5- I’ve loved computer and video games since I was 6 (I’m 32). Before then, I remember that I was usually bored, as a kid; most things I did became boring after a while, and I didn’t have any real friends back then. Computer games were my “salvation”, because there’s always something new — they’re “a world that never ends”, to quote Machinae Supremacy. My interests are more varied these days, but I don’t know how I’d have survived the otherwise complete and insanity-inducing boredom of my childhood and early adolescence without computer games. 6- I dream of one day earning enough money to live comfortably from my blogs and sites, without a day job. Yet, contradictorily, I blog about things that interest me, such as philosophy, atheism, blogging, and personal stuff (which earns me virtually nothing — after all, there are no related products for advertisers to sell), and for serious money-making I should be writing about gadgets, phones, personal development and similar stuff. I guess I’m too honest not to write about what I want. 7- I have a curious mix of confidence and lack of it. I know I am capable of just about anything if I put my mind to it, but I’m always afraid of not putting my mind to it, either due to laziness or fear of failure. In other words, I usually succeed if I try… and I know it… yet quite often I don’t try. This is something I should do something about. 8- I get a little bored with Italian and Mexican food (both very popular here in Portugal), but I love Portuguese, Chinese, Israelite and especially Japanese cuisines. 9- I can trace my loves of reading, fantasy, Tolkien, and the English language to one 1982 computer game, The Hobbit. More on that story here. [...]

By: 2bitHero

2bitHero — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 03:06:30 +0000

I used to have that same game on the Commodore 64! I think we still have it in the shed even!

Bah. I rated the C64 above all the old 386 and 486 computers!

By: Dehumanizer

Dehumanizer — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 08:00:16 +0000

In MY time, there was no such thing as “satellite TV”. We went to school in the snow, and we ENJOYED it… uh… never mind.

Playing soccer can be fun. Watching it can be fun, too. Being a fanatic, however, is dumb. Besides, that was just a part of my description of a “normal guy” – the cars, dumb women and commercial, shallow music are a requirement, too.

By: Kanzentai

Kanzentai — Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:49:52 +0000

I learned english by watching cartoons via satellite ^^

And both watching and playing soccer/football is fun

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 20 Oct 2005 23:20:31 +0000

I’ve been gaming since I was 7 and I am still addicted today. I own all three systems, plus some old ones. I am hooked. Could play for hours. Love the site