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* NoExportForYou: The original release was UK-only, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 allegedly because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. However, it ''was'' released for PC in the US in 1983, [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/hobbit/cover-art complete with a copy of the book]], perhaps because they were afraid not enough of the US market had read it at that point.
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* NoExportForYou: The original release was UK-only, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 allegedly because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. However, it ''was'' released for PC in the US in 1983, [[https://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20100126023536/https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/hobbit/cover-art complete with a copy of the book]], perhaps because they were afraid not enough of the US market had read it at that point.
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it was absolutely released in the US, I played it in the 80s
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* NoExportForYou: This UK game never appeared in America, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. The market in 1982 might have been too small; it was not until 2001 when the film version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' created American demand for Tolkien games.
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* NoExportForYou: This UK game never appeared in America, The original release was UK-only, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 allegedly because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. The However, it ''was'' released for PC in the US in 1983, [[https://www.mobygames.com/game/pc-booter/hobbit/cover-art complete with a copy of the book]], perhaps because they were afraid not enough of the US market in 1982 might have been too small; had read it was not until 2001 when the film version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' created American demand for Tolkien games.
at that point.
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!! ''VideoGame/TheHobbit'' (interactive fiction)
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!! ''VideoGame/TheHobbit'' (interactive fiction)
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Move from Trivia.The Hobbit
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!! ''VideoGame/TheHobbit'' (interactive fiction)
* NoExportForYou: This UK game never appeared in America, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. The market in 1982 might have been too small; it was not until 2001 when the film version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' created American demand for Tolkien games.
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* NoExportForYou: This UK game never appeared in America, [[http://www.worldofspectrum.org/infoseekid.cgi?id=0006440 because]] "some company owned the rights to the pictures" and blocked a US release. The market in 1982 might have been too small; it was not until 2001 when the film version of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' created American demand for Tolkien games.
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