Hello, Here is the IFDB page you need. It has come up in search of "Hobbit". It can be a good reference when you are looking for an IF (interactive fiction) game. Other websites include, http://www.if-archive.org which is also an FTP. I'm writing my own IF game for the 2009 compitition. :) And, here is the URL to the Hobbit!: http://ifdb.tads.org/search?searchbar=hobbit&searchGo.x=0&searchGo.y=0 Have fun hobbit-ing! --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:22 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game
> 'The hobbit' > > Based on JRR Tolkien's book, and there were originally versions for > Commodores, ZX Spectrums etc. etc., but this is the DOS version. > > Stay well > > Jacob Kruger > Blind Biker > Skype: BlindZA > '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:21 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game > > >> Hello Jacob, >> Would you tell me the name of the game? I might be able to retrieve an >> Infocom or Tads version possibly, which would be playable under any >> operating system, given the correct programs. >> --- >> Contact info: >> Skype: parham-d >> MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com >> email: parham90 at GMail dot com >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Jacob Kruger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 7:26 AM >> Subject: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game >> >> >>> Hi there >>> >>> I got hold of almost the very first game I ever played on a PC as such, >>> and >>> while it's meant to run in the command line, and basically you type in >>> commands/answers etc., it just seems to hang if now run under Windows XP >>> Pro, and although I tried playing with various settings in the >>> properties >>> dialogue, under the program tab, which seems to be basically focused on >>> some >>> properties specific to command line apps, even when then trying to run >>> it >>> from the then created 'shortcut', it just 'hangs', and if I try >>> virtualising >>> the window using Jaws key + Ctrl + W, it still returns nothing, so I >>> think >>> it's literally just hanging. >>> >>> I suppose I could try create a virtual machine using an installation of >>> something like MSDos 6.0 (which I think was the last standalone of DOS >>> or >>> thereabouts), and see if that would then work, but what then about >>> screenreading? >>> >>> Anyway, know this isn't mainstream, but just thought I may as well ask, >>> and >>> for interests sake, this game is the text-based adventure game of the >>> Hobbit >>> from around the late 80s, and it was literally one of the first games I >>> really played on a PC (where had already been playing others in a >>> Commodore >>> 64). >>> >>> Stay well >>> >>> >>> Jacob Kruger >>> Blind Biker >>> Skype: BlindZA >>> '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' >>> >>> >>> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >>> http://www.jaws-users.com >>> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >>> http://www.blind-computing.com >>> Address for the list archives: >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >>> or body of a blank message to: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >>> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >>> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >>> following address: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: >> http://www.jaws-users.com >> Visit the Blind Computing home page at: >> http://www.blind-computing.com >> Address for the list archives: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> To post to this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject >> or body of a blank message to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Use the following form in order to contact the management team >> http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php >> If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the >> following address: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: > http://www.jaws-users.com > Visit the Blind Computing home page at: > http://www.blind-computing.com > Address for the list archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject > or body of a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Use the following form in order to contact the management team > http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php > If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the > following address: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
