SNES had a Lord of the Rings RPG... can't remember if it was just called LOTR or if it was named after one of the books. It was actually a really fun game! I used to borrow it from my ex-girlfriend's little sister (physically pried it from her fingers, more like.)
Then again, you said you only read the books 4 years ago, and this would have been released quite a few years before that...
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