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J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I

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The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I
The Lord of the Rings, Vol. I cover
Developers
Interplay Entertainment
Release dates
DOS 1990
Taxonomy
Series Middle-earth
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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

Key points

Press O to bring up the in-game options menu.

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
DOS
This game is not available digitally.

Essential improvements

Open Source Engine Release

The original game files are required for it to be used.
An open-source rewrite of the game engine, it adds modern system support and bug fixes. Both the standard and CD-ROM releases are supported.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\

Video

Graphics feature State Notes
Widescreen resolution
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
For DOSBox toggle with Alt+ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Borderless fullscreen windowed
See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)
Vertical sync (Vsync)
For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
60 FPS
120+ FPS

Input

Keyboard and mouse State Notes
Remapping
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support
For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds).
Controller types

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
Spoken speech is included only in the CD-ROM release.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file.
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 2.1
Processor (CPU) Intel 8088
System memory (RAM) 640 KB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 2 MB
Video card (GPU) CGA, EGA, MCGA, Tandy/PCjr, VGA


References