Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-23 Thread Jacob Kruger
, Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: Mich m...@ntl.sympatico.ca To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Anouk Radix
, February 22, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS cool Jacob, I didn't know there was an infocom hobbit (and I thought I had all the infocom games. I'll have to try that one myself. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: Jacob Kruger

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Tobias Vinteus
...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 8:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS cool Jacob, I didn't know there was an infocom hobbit (and I thought I had all the infocom games. I'll have to try that one myself

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
, but not his spirit...' - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:47 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS cool Jacob, I didn't know there was an infocom hobbit (and I

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:18 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Hi, well I just dled the hobbit and loaded it into filfre. Its not by the infocom company though. That does not say that it cant be fun but just saying. Greetings, Anouk

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
...@algonet.se To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS As I recall it, the Hobbit from 1982 was written by Melbourn. The zcode adaptation is a completely different game than

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread dark
: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:05 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS I meant (and might still be misunderstanding) that it's the infocom format - *.z5? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Hi Jacob I'm afraid you must have got a line crossed somewhere reguarding infocom and zcode. The z code format was indeed originaly developed by infocom to run their games like zork and hichhikers' guide, actually made to run games

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread dark
- From: Jacob Kruger jac...@mailzone.co.za To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 12:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Makes sense, and no worries. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Tobias Vinteus
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS As I recall it, the Hobbit from 1982 was written by Melbourn. The zcode adaptation is a completely different game than the original 1982

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Arianna Sepulveda
gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS As I recall it, the Hobbit from 1982 was written by Melbourn. The zcode adaptation is a completely different game than the original 1982 version, it would seem

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Arianna Sepulveda
Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS As I recall it, the Hobbit from 1982 was written by Melbourn. The zcode adaptation is a completely different game than the original 1982 version

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
tob...@algonet.se To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:30 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS As I recall it, the Hobbit from 1982 was written by Melbourn. The zcode adaptation is a completely different game than

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Jacob Kruger
...' - Original Message - From: dark d...@xgam.org To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 2:20 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Hi Jacob. Actually, I've checked and that hobbit game was written in 2005

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Frost
On Mon, Feb 21, 2011 at 06:22:43PM -0800, Arianna Sepulveda wrote: if anyone knows where I could get this, it would be awesome! Also, how the heck would I make it run? Lol. [My Reply:] Hi, Not sure where to get it, but if it's back in 1982, it's likely on cassette or

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-22 Thread Mich
, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Sorry, here it is as well: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13327195/HOBBIT.DAT Just scanned the folder and since when I tried running it under windows XP, I created a shortcut trying to run it in compatibility mode, I

[Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Arianna Sepulveda
Hi all, I was wondering if anybody knew how I could get my hands on the old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit? It ran on the C64 on a cassette tape or floppy disk (not sure if that was a 5 In. or a 3.5 In.), but if anyone knows where I could get this, it would be awesome! Also, how the heck

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Arianna Sepulveda
All right, so I've found a zip archive containing the games. Unfortunately, they are in the .tap format, and I don't know how to get Windows or Linux to handle this. Of course, I'm Googling like crazy, but I haven't found anything as of yet. aAny suggestions? Thanks, Ari On 2/21/11, Arianna

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Jacob Kruger
englishride...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 4:22 AM Subject: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Hi all, I was wondering if anybody knew how I could get my hands on the old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit? It ran on the C64 on a cassette

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Lisa Hayes
I'd also love this too please. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Arianna Sepulveda englishride...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:22 PM Subject: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Hi

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Lisa Hayes
so where did youget it from? I'd love to know thanks. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Arianna Sepulveda englishride...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread Jacob Kruger
: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS I'd also love this too please. Lisa Hayes www.nutrimetics.com.au/lisahayes - Original Message - From: Arianna Sepulveda englishride...@gmail.com To: gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:22 PM Subject

Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS

2011-02-21 Thread dark
, February 22, 2011 4:38 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Old 1982 text adventure of The Hobbit for DOS Here's a download link for the infocom version of it that works well enough in winfrotz: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/13327195/hobbit.z5 Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken