<P> Numerous computer and video games have been inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's works set in Middle - earth . Titles have been produced by studios such as Electronic Arts, Sierra, Melbourne House, and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, which currently owns the gaming rights . </P> <P> 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 . The game was considered quite advanced at the time, with interactive characters that moved between locations independent of the player, and Melbourne House's' Inglish' text parser which accepted full - sentence commands where the norm was simple two - word verb / noun commands . They went on to release 1986's The Fellowship of the Ring, 1987's Shadows of Mordor, and 1990s The Crack of Doom . A BBC Micro text adventure released around the same time was unrelated to Melbourne's titles except for the literary origin . In 1987, Melbourne House released War in Middle Earth, a real - time strategy game . Konami also released an action - strategy game titled J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan . </P>

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