Hobbit Game

It's not exactly artificial intelligence, but it manages to make a little unpredictability which was surely not the case in adventures of the era.

Actually, it wasn't exactly used in textual adventures after that either. Different characters with their own behaviour - yes, but there wasn't any other game where characters had just a little bit of their own free will as it is the case in this game.

As you probably have guessed, the game is based on the famous book of J. Tolkien, the predecessor of the much more famous Lord of the Rings.

You play the role of Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit that lived happily in his hole until one day his friend Gandalf came with the dwarfs and offered him an adventure.

And what an adventure it is - to defeat the mighty dragon and retrieve the treasure of dwarfs. There are no other dwarfs in the game but Thorin.

He and Gandalf are your companions in this game and you'll need their assistance to finish it. You can talk to them and other characters whenever you wish if they are present.

On the other hand this gives you a large amount of possibilities when talking to someone. You can ask them to do various sort of things although you can't expect the same result considering the already explained behaviour.

Naturally, this is not the end of the strange things in this game. Moving through the world is a bit illogical until you get used to it. This sounds crazy but that's the way it is.

Illogical means that for example you may go east or north from the certain location you'll end up in the same location. So, this new location is like both north and east of the previous one.

Less unthinkable is some set of locations that you move in certain direction and than reach the first one again. And sometimes you'll go far somewhere in the mountains for example and you'll move to some new direction and appear somewhere like half of the world away.

Some of the higher value diamonds are hidden off the main path of a level, while the lowest level diamonds blue are often used to indicate to the player where they are supposed to be heading.

At the end of each chapter, the player is taken to a vendor, where they can spend the in-game currency, silver pennies.

Items available for purchase include stones, healing potions, antidotes, skeleton keys , temporary invincibility potions, additional health points, and the ability to increase the maximum number of stones and health potions which Bilbo can carry.

Pennies, healing potions, antidotes and, often, quest items and weapon upgrades can be found in chests throughout the game.

Often, chests will simply open when Bilbo touches them, but sometimes, the chests are locked, and Bilbo must pick the lock. This involves a timed minigame in which the player must align a pointer or select a specific target.

Some chests will have only one minigame to complete, but chests containing more important items will have more, up to a maximum of eight.

Penalties for failing to open a chest include losing health points or being poisoned. If the player has a skeleton key, they can bypass the minigames and open the chest immediately.

Bilbo declines, but invites Gandalf to tea the next day. When Gandalf returns, he is accompanied by thirteen dwarves who are going on a quest to the Lonely Mountain to win back their kingdom.

Led by Thorin Oakenshield Clive Revill , they plan to reclaim their treasure from the dragon who stole it, Smaug. Gandalf tells them they will need a thief to complete their mission, and he volunteers Bilbo, who promptly faints.

When he is unconscious, Bilbo dreams of the possibilities of heroism in such a quest, and upon waking, decides to join the dwarves.

On the first night of the quest, the entire company is captured by three trolls , who plan to eat them. However, Gandalf arrives, imitating the trolls' voices and causing them to fight amongst themselves until the sun rises, which turns them to stone.

As Bilbo searches for supplies in their cave, he meets an injured elf , Lianna Jennifer Hale , who he assists by finding her healing potion.

He also finds a dagger, which he calls Sting. The party move on to the Elven city of Rivendell , where Elrond tells them of a secret entrance into the Lonely Mountain.

They head to the Misty Mountains. During the night, they are attacked by goblins , and Bilbo is knocked unconscious.

He awakens alone and lost. As he wanders through the underground passages, he finds a ring , and encounters a creature named Gollum Daran Norris.

Gollum makes a deal with Bilbo; they will play a game of riddles. If Gollum wins, he will eat Bilbo, but if Bilbo wins, Gollum will show him the way out.

Bilbo wins the game, and Gollum says he must get something before he can lead Bilbo out. He realizes his ring is gone. Bilbo puts the ring on and discovers it makes its wearer invisible.

An infuriated Gollum runs to the exit to try to stop Bilbo leaving, unwittingly leading the invisible Bilbo out. He reunites with the dwarves and Gandalf, but the party are attacked by a groups of goblins and wargs.

They climb to the tops of the trees, and are rescued by a band of eagles , who drop them off near Mirkwood Forest.

Gandalf leaves after showing the group the path through the forest and warning them never to leave it. After several days, however, the dwarves are running low on supplies, and see a group of Wood Elves enjoying a feast.

They run into the forest towards the elves, but become lost and separated. Bilbo encounters Corwin Michael Ensign , a man from Lake-town , whose party has been killed by the Great Spiders living in the forest, and who have also taken the dwarves.

Bilbo is able to rescue them, but as soon as he does so, the dwarves are captured by Wood Elves and placed in the dungeons of Thranduil , who wants to know why they are in the forest.

Thorin, however, refuses to say anything, enraging Thranduil. Using the ring, Bilbo enters Thranduil's hall, where he meets Lianna. With her assistance, he is able to free the dwarves by sealing them into barrels which are sent down the river to Lake-town.

The party head towards the nearby Lonely Mountain. They find the secret entrance, but Bilbo is dismayed to learn the dwarves have no idea how to kill Smaug.

As such, he sneaks into Smaug's lair to try to find a weak spot. Bilbo tricks Smaug James Horan into showing him his stomach, which is coated in diamonds, except for one small spot, where his skin is exposed.

Bilbo leaves, telling the dwarves of Smaug's vulnerability, and is overheard by a nearby thrush , who heads towards Lake-town.

Furious that he has been outwitted by Bilbo, Smaug bursts from the mountain and attacks Lake-town. However, the thrush tells Bard of the exposed skin, and Bard fires the Black Arrow into Smaug's chest, killing him.

Several days later, Thorin learns that with the demise of Smaug, an army of men and wood-elves are heading towards the Lonely Mountain to claim back their own lost treasures.

Meanwhile, he tasks Bilbo with finding the Arkenstone, a treasure of great importance. Bilbo does so, but sneaks out of the mountain with it, and, in an effort to prevent the upcoming battle, gives it to Bard and Thranduil, who are leading the army of men and elves.

They offer to return the Arkenstone to Thorin if he gives them their treasures, but he refuses, denouncing Bilbo as a traitor.

However, before the conflict begins, Gandalf appears, revealing the imminent arrival of an army of goblins and wargs, led by Bolg.

After Gandalf sends Bilbo to Bard's unit, Bilbo meets Lianna, who tells him he must find Beorn Michael Gough , a " skin changer " currently in the form of a bear, as Beorn is the only one who can defeat Bolg.

Bilbo does so, and Beorn kills Bolg. The stunned goblin army rally, but as they do an army of eagles appears on the horizon. At this point, Bilbo is knocked unconscious by a rock.

He awakens to find the battle over, with the goblins defeated, whilst men, elves and dwarves have united to face any future dangers.

However, Thorin has been mortally wounded. On his deathbed, he apologizes to Bilbo, saying he wishes he had lived his own life more like the Hobbit. As Lake-town begins to rebuild from Smaug's attack, Bilbo takes two small chests of gold and heads back to the Shire, accompanied by Gandalf.

The game was announced on February 25, , when Sierra Entertainment revealed it was being developed as a GameCube exclusive by Inevitable Entertainment.

I'm pretty sure this is the same version from gamePCiso, because someone there had the same issue.

Only difference is, they knew how to fix it. There's a 'Razor' folder on disk 1. Inside, you find an application called 'meridian' If you copy it the application , and paste it into the place where you installed which has its own 'meridian' you can overwrite it, and the game should run.

JibbaNerbs 1 point. Man, I was all hype to play this game. It was one of my old favorites. Unfortunately, I don't have the computer chops to get around the much hated 'Please insert disk 1".

Also unable to play due to program requesting I insert Disk 1. Will update if I find a way. NRGKO 4 points. All I'm getting after setup is 'Insert Disk 1 to play the game' , even when I launch from a mounted disc image.

Installed on HD and SD. Wondered if I could change a setting in. I'm giving up, but I wish you luck. Any fixes, hope to see them on here.

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