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| Full title | War in Middle Earth |
| Year of release | 1989 |
| Publisher | Melbourne House (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) |
| Author(s) | Maelstrom Games Ltd (Chris Pink, Paul Rowbotham, Mike Singleton) |
| Tie-in licence | J.R.R. Tolkien (UK) / Synergistic Software Inc (USA) (original game: War in Middle Earth) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Strategy: War |
| Message language | Multiple languages (see individual downloads) |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £9.99 (£14.99 for disk version) 1200 ptas. |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and MSX |
| Score |
7.09 (11 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Language | ||
|  | WarInMiddleEarth.tzx.zip | 31,713 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5015901700077 | English | ||
 | WarInMiddleEarth.dsk.zip | 77,277 | (+3 disk image) | Original release | English | ||||
|  | WarInMiddleEarth.tap.zip | 38,760 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | English | ||||
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| | WarInMiddleEarth(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 23,467 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2MH191 | M-21324-1989 | Spanish | |
| WarInMiddleEarth(DroSoft).dsk.zip | 24,967 | (+3 disk image) | Re-release | Spanish |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | WarInMiddleEarth.gif | 7,216 | (Loading screen) |
| WarInMiddleEarth.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| WarInMiddleEarth.gif | 4,454 | (In-game screen) | |
 | WarInMiddleEarth.pdf | 671,516 | (English instructions) |
| WarInMiddleEarth.txt | 78,095 | (English instructions) |
| WarInMiddleEarth(DroSoft).pdf | 219,844 | (Spanish instructions) |
| WarInMiddleEarth.jpg | 406,404 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| WarInMiddleEarth(DroSoft)_Back.jpg | 151,741 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| WarInMiddleEarth(DroSoft)_Front.jpg | 75,196 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| WarInMiddleEarth.jpg | 216,848 | (Advertisement) | |
| WarInMiddleEarth_2.jpg | 331,245 | (Advertisement) | |
| WarInMiddleEarth_MapSheet.jpg | 253,028 | (Map sheet) |
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| 1 player review [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Sinclair User | 3.87 | page 21 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 7.88 | page 9 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.88 | page 118 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 11.88 | page 326 | (Preview) | |
| New Computer Express | 12.88 | page 236 | (Preview) | |
| Sinclair User | 12.88 | page 110 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 1.89 | page 36 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 38 | (Feature - player's guide) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 38 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.89 | page 150 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 2.89 | page 447 | (Tips - Tolkien sense) | |
| Sinclair User | 2.89 | page 88 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.89 | page 73 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.89 | page 70 | (Review) | [full page] |
| New Computer Express | 3.89 | page 348 | (Review - not a Spectrum article) | |
| ACE | 4.89 | page 14 | (Feature - ACE on the road at Maelstrom) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 4.89 | page 54 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.89 | page 46 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.89 | page 79 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 6.89 | page 68 | (Feature - Mike Singleton's Guide to Middle Earth) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.89 | page 68 | (Feature - Mike Singleton's Guide to Middle Earth) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.89 | page 34 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.89 | page 12 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.89 | page 34 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 4.89 | page 40 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| ACE | 9.88 | page 76 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.88 | page 45 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 11.88 | page 97 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.88 | page 153 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.88 | page 36 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 2.89 | page 56 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.89 | page 69 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.89 | page 38 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.89 | page 89 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 4.89 | page 69 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.89 | page 68 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| ACE | 7.89 | page 52 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.89 | page 73 | (Offer) | [full page] |
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