Please read the following table in Markdown format and then answer the question according to the table. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| Title | Year | Publisher | Developer | Platforms |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The Hobbit | 1982 | Melbourne House | Beam Software | Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC (no graphics), Dragon 32, Oric Atmos, MSX, Apple II, IBM PC |
| Lord of the Rings: Game One (AKA: The Fellowship of The Ring) | 1985 | Melbourne House | Beam Software | ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, BBC, Dragon 32, Apple Macintosh, Apple II, IBM PC |
| The Shadows of Mordor | 1987 | Melbourne House | Beam Software | Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Apple II, IBM PC |
| War in Middle-earth | 1988 | Melbourne House | Melbourne House | C64, Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, Amiga, Atari ST, IBM PC |
| The Crack of Doom | 1989 | Melbourne House | Beam Software | Commodore 64, IBM PC |
| The Lord of the Rings Volume 1 | 1990 | Interplay,\nElectronic Arts | Interplay, Chaos Studios (Amiga) | Amiga, IBM PC |
| The Lord of the Rings Volume 2 | 1992 | Interplay | Interplay | IBM PC |
| Riders of Rohan | 1991 | Konami, Mirrorsoft | Beam Software, Papyrus | IBM PC |
| The Lord of the Rings Volume 1 | 1994 | Interplay | Interplay | Super NES |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games | Surreal Software | MS Windows, PlayStation 2 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games | The Whole Experience | Xbox |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | 2002 | Vivendi Universal Games | Pocket Studios | Game Boy Advance |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Electronic Arts | Stormfront Studios\nHypnos Entertainment (GCN) | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | 2002 | Electronic Arts | Griptonite Games | Game Boy Advance |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Electronic Arts\nAspyr (Mac OS X) | Electronic Arts,Hypnos Entertainment (GCN & Xbox)\nBeenox (Mac OS X) | MS Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Mac OS X |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | 2003 | Electronic Arts | Griptonite Games | Game Boy Advance |
| The Lord of the Rings: War of the Ring | 2003 | Sierra | Liquid Entertainment | MS Windows |
| The Hobbit | 2003 | Sierra | Midway Austin | MS Windows, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube |
| The Hobbit | 2003 | Sierra | Saffire | Game Boy Advance |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age | 2004 | Electronic Arts | Electronic Arts | PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age (GBA) | 2004 | Electronic Arts | Griptonite Games | Game Boy Advance |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth | 2004 | Electronic Arts | EA Los Angeles | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings: Tactics | 2005 | Electronic Arts | Amaze | PlayStation Portable |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II | 2006 | Electronic Arts | EA Los Angeles | MS Windows, Xbox 360 |
| The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king | 2006 | Electronic Arts | EA Los Angeles | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar | 2007 | Turbine, Inc., Midway | Turbine, Inc. | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria | 2008 | Turbine, Inc., Midway | Turbine, Inc. | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings: Conquest | 2009 | Electronic Arts | Pandemic Studios | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MS Windows, Nintendo DS |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Siege of Mirkwood | 2009 | Turbine, Inc. | Turbine, Inc. | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest | 2010 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Headstrong Games\nTT Fusion | Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation 3 |
| The Lord of the Rings: War in the North | 2011 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Snowblind Studios | PlayStation 3, MS Windows, Xbox 360 |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Rise of Isengard | 2011 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Turbine, Inc. | MS Windows |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Riders of Rohan | 2012 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Turbine, Inc. | MS Windows |
| Guardians of Middle-earth | 2012 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Monolith Productions | Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, MS Windows |
| Lego The Lord of the Rings | 2012 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Traveler's Tales | MS Windows, Wii, Nintendo 3DS, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, Nintendo DS, Xbox 360 |
| The Hobbit: Kingdoms of Middle-earth | 2012 |  | Kabam | Android, Apple iOS |
| The Hobbit: Armies of the Third Age | 2013 |  | Kabam | Browser game |
| The Lord of the Rings Online: Helm's Deep | 2013 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Turbine, Inc. | Mac OS X, MS Windows |
| Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor | 2014 | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment | Monolith Productions | Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, MS Windows |
Question:
number of official middle-earth video games before the year 2000.
Answer:
9