Case study

The Hobbit: a SkoolKit disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game

The Hobbit documents a disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game in SkoolKit source files. The repository includes annotations and scripts that generate browsable hexadecimal or decimal disassembly pages.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 13
Last commit: 2023-10-14
Language: Visual Basic 6.0

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: SkoolKit or a SkoolKit checkout is required to generate the development HTML pages.
Prerequisites: The author states that an original game copy is needed to disassemble its code.
License: No licence file in the repository.

Cite

BibTeX

@misc{hobbit-spectrum-disassembly-case,
  title = {{The Hobbit: a SkoolKit disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/pobtastic/hobbit}},
  url = {https://github.com/pobtastic/hobbit},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hobbit-spectrum-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

The Hobbit: a SkoolKit disassembly of the ZX Spectrum game. https://github.com/pobtastic/hobbit (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hobbit-spectrum-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · pobtastic/hobbit · Revision 5b9ac05