Case study

The Hobbit: reconstructing its graphics engine

hobbitgfx implements the graphics engine of Melbourne House's 1982 text adventure The Hobbit in JavaScript. The repository contains the engine script and HTML demo 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: 19
Last commit: 2018-10-13
Language: JavaScript

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

License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{hobbitgfx-case,
  title = {{The Hobbit: reconstructing its graphics engine}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/richcarl/hobbitgfx}},
  url = {https://github.com/richcarl/hobbitgfx},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/hobbitgfx-case/}}
}

Plain text

The Hobbit: reconstructing its graphics engine. https://github.com/richcarl/hobbitgfx (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/hobbitgfx-case/

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README.md GitHub · richcarl/hobbitgfx · Revision 52d1a3b