There are few works that lend themselves as well to adaptation as J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings series. Its game adaptations began with The Hobbit back in 1982, a simple yet successful text-based adventure on the ZX Spectrum. Since then, fans have experienced the stories of The Lord of the Ringsand The Hobbit in a myriad of different forms.
While many adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have relied on the series' most familiar characters like Gandalf, Frodo, or Aragorn, others have distanced themselves from the source material and gone on to explore original stories within the realm of Middle-earth. Unfortunately, as much as The Lord of the Rings video games adaptations have varied in terms of genre and storytelling, they've equally varied in terms of quality. Some being viewed as timeless classics, and others failing to do the series justice.
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