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This is a list of Middle-earth video games.It includes both video games based directly on J. R. R. Tolkien's books about Middle-earth, and those derived from The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros. which in turn were based on Tolkien's novels of the same name.
The game is based on the 1937 novel of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien, and has no relationship with the Peter Jackson-directed The Lord of the Rings film trilogy. At the time, Vivendi, in partnership with Tolkien Enterprises , held the rights to the video game adaptations of Tolkien's literary works, whilst Electronic Arts held the rights to ...
In 1982, Melbourne House began a series of licensed Lord of the Rings graphical interactive fiction (text adventure) games with The Hobbit, based on the book with the same name. [3] The game was considered quite advanced at the time, with interactive characters that moved between locations independent of the player, and Melbourne House's ...
The Hobbit is an illustrated interactive fiction video game released in December 1982 [1] for the ZX Spectrum home computer. Based on the 1937 book The Hobbit , by J. R. R. Tolkien , it was developed at Beam Software by Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and published by Melbourne House .
Hobbits first appeared in the 1937 children's novel The Hobbit, whose titular Hobbit is the protagonist Bilbo Baggins, who is thrown into an unexpected adventure involving a dragon. In its sequel, The Lord of the Rings , the hobbits Frodo Baggins , Sam Gamgee , Pippin Took , and Merry Brandybuck are primary characters who all play key roles in ...
Thorin Oakenshield: Dwarf noble who led the company of dwarves that retook Erebor from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit. Slain during the Battle of the Five Armies. Tom Bombadil: A mysterious figure who aided the hobbits during their departure from the Shire in The Fellowship of the Ring. Treebeard: Leader of the Ents in The Lord of the Rings.
The game progresses through a series of "fetch quests" in which the player must explore vast environments to retrieve items relevant to the game's story. These items are often simple trinkets that have been misplaced by the game's non-player characters (NPCs). Much like the book, the game begins in the Shire, the land of the Hobbits.
Video games that the company has published include those in the Batman: Arkham, F.E.A.R., Game Party, Mortal Kombat, and Scribblenauts series as well as those based on Warner Bros. films and animations, DC Comics' works, Lego toys, J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth, Harry Potter, and Sesame Street.