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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

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The Return of the King
The Return of the King cover
Developers
EA Redwood Shores
Publishers
Electronic Arts
Release dates
Windows October 31, 2003
macOS (OS X) March 30, 2004
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King guide on StrategyWiki
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King on Wikipedia

Warnings

SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see Availability for affected versions).
The Mac OS X version of this game does not work on Mac OS X Lion (version 10.7) or later due to the removal of support for PowerPC apps.
The Hobbit 1982
The Fellowship of the Ring 1985
The Shadows of Mordor 1987
J.R.R. Tolkien's War in Middle Earth 1988
The Crack of Doom 1989
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan 1990
J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. II 1992
The Fellowship of the Ring (2002) 2002
The Return of the King 2003
War of the Ring 2003
The Hobbit (2003) 2003
The Battle for Middle-earth (series)
The Lord of the Rings Online 2007
The Lord of the Rings: Conquest 2009
The Lord of the Rings: War in the North 2011
Lego Middle-earth (series)
Guardians of Middle-earth 2012
Middle-earth: Shadow (series)
Journeys in Middle-earth 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game 2019
The Lord of the Rings: Gollum 2023
The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria 2023

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
SafeDisc v3 DRM[Note 1].
Windows
macOS (OS X)
SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows Vista and later (see above for affected versions).
Demo

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\LOTR Return of the King Data\ROTK.ini
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Données du Retour du Roi tm\ROTK.ini
macOS (OS X)
Folder LOTR Return of the King Data may be named differently, based on the system language.

Save game data location

System Location
Windows %USERPROFILE%\Documents\LOTR Return of the King Data\
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Données du Retour du Roi tm\
macOS (OS X)

Video settings

Video settings.
Video settings.

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Widescreen resolution

Widescreen fix[citation needed]
  1. Download Widescreen fix by nemesis2000.
  2. Extract lotr.7z files to the installation folder (password: lotr).
  3. Edit lotr.ini to set the resolution.

Notes

Supported exe size: 2 874 232 bytes.

Windowed

Use DxWnd[citation needed]
  1. Download and extract DxWnd.
  2. Start DxWnd.
  3. Click Edit and Add.
  4. Type in the name of the game.
  5. In Path type in a path to your ROTK.EXE file.
  6. Check fields: Hook enabled, Run in a Window, Hook all DLLs and Remap Client Rect.
  7. Go to a Video tab and check the field: Prevent Win Maximize.
  8. Go to a DirectX tab and check: DirectX8.
  9. Click OK and start the game without closing DxWnd.

Input settings

Input settings.
Input settings.

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Audio settings

Audio settings.
Audio settings.

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Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Italian
Spanish
Dutch
Polish
Portuguese
Swedish
German
Russian
Fan translation by «ENPY Studio/Spirit Team»

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Co-op
Requires a controller.
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Executable 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 98, 2000, ME, XP
Processor (CPU) Intel Pentium III - 700 MHz
AMD Athlon - 700 MHz
System memory (RAM) 128 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2.0 GB
Video card (GPU) 32 MB of VRAM
DirectX 8.1 compatible

Notes

  1. SafeDisc retail DRM does not work on Windows 10[1] or Windows 11 and is disabled by default on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1 when the KB3086255 update is installed.[2]

References