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Play The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
ホビットの冒険 ロード オブ ザ リング はじまりの物語
Play The Hobbit online and guide Bilbo from Bag End through a GBA action adventure built around exploration, conversation, stealth, item use, and story objectives.
Browser play
Game Boy Advance (GBA) — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| L / R | Q / E |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings
Quick start
Press START on the title screen, select Play Game, select an empty save slot, enter a name and select Done. The adventure begins in Bag End: before leaving, talk to nearby characters and A, inspect the area and follow the current journal objectives. Save when the game offers a save prompt, and use stealth around enemies instead of consuming all the stones and mushrooms at once.
Controls
Walk using the control pad. Bilbo automatically jumps over small gaps and climbs on suitable edges. Talk, examine, pick up, and throw context objects. SELECT opens the inventory, B uses the equipped item, L uses the secondary equipment item, R sneaks Bilbo, and START pauses. START + L + R puts Game Boy Advance into sleep mode.
The Hobbit: The Prelude to the Lord of the Rings Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · gba
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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