Hello again Jacob, I looked at other resources like http://www.wurb.com/if but it seems that there is only the dos version, or the 64 Commodores, and so on. In one of the reviews I saw that the person has been playing the game with the use of an emulator -- eek, how much I hate that thing. The reviews all speak of a bad game, however, which is very hard to play and the puzzles are usually unsolvable because the NPC's might kill other NPC's and stuff... Well I'm not going to bore the mailing list with the information that they might not even be intrested about. Lol. Sorry if I already have! --- 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]
