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Play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (US edition · English / French / German / Spanish / Italian) Online
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Play The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King online and fight through Middle-earth in a GBA action RPG, choosing a hero, upgrading skills and collecting weapons and armour on the road to Mordor.
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 Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Quick start
Choose New Game, select a playable hero and begin that hero’s opening path. Follow the level route and objective text, defeat nearby enemies to earn experience, break containers for supplies and pick up useful drops with R. Open the character screen after levelling to spend skill points and compare equipment, then use the SELECT save screen before ending a session.
Controls
D-pad moves the hero. B attacks with the equipped weapon, while A uses the selected active skill. L cycles available active skills and R picks up items or activates a shop. START opens the character screens for backpack, skills and statistics; SELECT opens save and options. Some heroes alter B by charging or aiming their weapon.
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 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
rwEmulator reviews edition metadata, release information, game manuals and first-hand browser-play notes. Available manuals are linked below; the editorial policy explains how facts are checked and corrections are handled.