Name: Behind the First "Middle Earth" Video Game
Uploaded: 2022-05-08T10:46:45.000Z
Duration: 6 min 37 s
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- [Mysterious Woman] You are in a gloomy empty land

- [Narrator] The creator of the best text adventure

- [Mysterious Woman] And now I'm on a hot,

- [Narrator] This is the story of the quest to find her.

- [Narrator] In 1982, Time Magazine's Man of the Year

The personal computing revolution was in full swing.

was now small enough to invade people's homes,

Its advanced computer power and wild popularity,

to create the best text-adventure game ever made.

Remember, back then, there were no computer mouses,

Adapting one of the biggest fantasy stories of all time.

Our story, starts in Melbourne, Australia.

we were still trying to define what a computer game was.

There wasn't a pool of people who knew about games.

I went and hired people from Melbourne University.

- [Narrator] Two students joined the team.

Veronika was the one that created the puzzles.

She's the one who took the text of “The Hobbit,”

- [Narrator] The game begins with a simple sentence.

- [Mysterious Voice] You're in a comfortable,

- [Narrator] Then, the player types in commands

In 1982, simple games like Pac-Man were coming out.

But, Veronika and Phil were creating a complex

People were having parties to play “The Hobbit.”

Overall, we ended up selling something like, a-

- [Narrator] But one thing was missing, Veronika.

- Veronika, we lost touch not long after “The Hobbit”

- [Narrator] Do you know what happened to her?

- [Narrator] Did Veronika know her game was a

That she had super fans in Russia, in England, in Spain?

That people were learning English just to play the game?

For me, “The Hobbit” was the beginning of a new world.

The world for micro computer, and the world of Tolkien,

I always wanted to contact the people that was behind

- [Narrator] And Jesus, he wasn't the only one.

Fans from all over the world were searching for Veronika.

She wasn't really missing, but, it was the 1980s,

they had no way to get in touch with her.

With a quick search, fans now had Veronika's email address,

and Jesus was one of the first to write to her.

- [Jesus] Dear Veronika, your game has changed my life.

- [Man] Thank you for making “The Hobbit” all those years ago

- [Woman] Hello Veronika. - [Another Man] Dear Veronika,

- [Third Man] “The Hobbit” game did, and still does

for the countless hours of entertainment.

- [Man] I hope karma has rewarded you in your life

- [Another Man] Because for all the price I've paid,

- [Forth Man] Being a geek is indeed what I am,

what I love to be, and what I'll always be proud to be.

- "P.S. escaping the Goblin dungeon was a nightmare."

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Behind the First "Middle Earth" Video Game

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