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The Lord of the Rings
The logo for The Lord of the Rings.
Developer(s)Beam Software, Interplay
Publisher(s)Melbourne House, Interplay, Vivendi Games
Year introduced1982
Genre(s)Text adventure, RPG, Strategy, Action-adventure

Based on Tolkien's books only[edit]

14 games are based on the books only, and 20 games are based on the six movies by Peter Jackson (see: The Lord of the Rings (movies)).

In the table below, the "Systems" column is limited to two lines; this is to avoid cluttering with too many region-specific or country-specific ports. Such detailed information is left to game-specific guides.

The "N." column specifies which novel each video game is based upon (try and sort by it). "321" means that a game is based on events of the full trilogy; an empty cell means that the game tells an original story inspired by the books .

N. Title Year Genre Systems
0 The Hobbit (Software Adventure) 1982 Text adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg C64, DOS
(...and 7 more)
1 Lord of the Rings: Game One 1985 Text adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg C64, DOS
(...and 5 more)
2 The Shadows of Mordor 1987 Text adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg C64, DOS
(...and 4 more)
3 The Crack of Doom 1989 Text adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg C64
Flag of the United States.svg APL2, DOS, Mac
321 War in Middle Earth 1988 Strategy Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg Amiga, C64, DOS
(...and 5 more)
2 Riders of Rohan 1991 Strategy Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg DOS
1 The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I 1990 Role-playing Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg DOS, Amiga
Flag of Japan.svg FM Towns, PC-98
2 The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II: The Two Towers 1992 Role-playing Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg DOS
Flag of Japan.svg FM Towns, PC-98
1 J. R. R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings: Volume One 1994 Action-adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg SNES
1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 2002 Action-adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg GBA,
Xbox, PS2, MS-Win
0 The Hobbit 2003 Action-adventure Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg GBA, NGC,
Xbox, PS2, MS-Win
999 The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring 2003 Strategy Flag of the United States.svg MS-Win
321 The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar 2007 MMORPG Globe.svg MS-Win, macOS
999 The Lord of the Rings: Living Card Game 2018 Card game Flag of the United States.svgFlag of the European Union.svg MS-Win

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