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Lead new heroes from The Lord of the Rings movies and fiction into battle, or create and customise your own fully upgradeable Middle-earth hero. Learn More Defend or Defeat Middle-earth Determine the course of the entire War of the Ring through a turn-based strategy mode set on the Living World Middle-earth map. Lol there aren't any cheap auctions for BFME 1, 2, or Witch-king. I've been holding on to my physical copies for dear life; not because I want to sell, just because I know if I mess up one of the.

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth

Windows - 2004

Experience Middle-earth like never before in The Lord of the Rings™ The Battle for Middle-earth™, the first The Lord of the Rings game that puts you in command of a real-time, open world. Control the legendary heroes, massive armies, and epic campaigns of Middle-earth based upon all three films of The Lord of the Rings™ trilogy. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth is a real-time strategy video game developed by EA Los Angeles for Microsoft Windows.It was released on December 6, 2004 and is based on Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, in turn based on J. Tolkien's original novel.The game uses short video clips from the movies and a number of the voice actors, including the hobbits. DESCRIPTION OF LORD OF THE RINGS BATTLE FOR MIDDLE EARTH. The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth, a real-time strategy game released in 2004 by EA Games. The game was released for PCs (Windows). The plot of the game based on the books of J.R.R. Tolkien and Peter Jackson's movie - The Battle for Middle-earth.

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Description of The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth Windows

You can find all needed files, patches, mods and more for LOTR:BFME on ModDB, including the BFME1 HD Edition.

For multiplayer games, go to https://t3aonline.net/, a free custom online server for the Battle for Middle-earth series.

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How to play The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-Earth Windows

Follow this very good tutorial, has download mirrors. Some of the resources are provided our downloads.

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jpfan872020-06-282 points

I start the game up, it goes to the logo and after a minute it does this: https://imgur.com/a/83doLXI
What do I do?

para2020-06-102 points

Download both patches and apply them one after another. Then make sure in the appdata, roaming, battle for middle earth folder, there is an options.ini file in the folder or game won't work.
if not there, open notepad, paste:
AudioLOD = Low
HasSeenLogoMovies = yes
IdealStaticGameLOD = VeryLow
Resolution = 800 600
StaticGameLOD = VeryLow
TimesInGame = 1
then save notepad file as options.ini into the folder. runs for me.

WC2018-08-282 points

I downloaded the game to mega. After 5 minutes of playing all my troops died. How do I fix this ?

Random2018-08-150 point

Says '2-3 days left' is this normal download time? If so, is it worth the wait?

dave2018-07-180 point

I ran into the same problems, game over after a few minutes. has anyone found a fix yet?

PanPavL2018-07-141 point

when i install the game at 64% i get a message that there is an issue with a file and can't be copied. so i have to cancel the installation. Any help please?

Kain2018-06-09-2 points

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Says insert correct disc...help please.

Chazmo2018-06-053 points

I've downloaded the full BFME game folder from Mega that you provided (NOT THE ISO VERSION) amunet but when I ran lotrbfme.exe The logo popped up but then it just stalled and nothing would happen? It would just stay as https://imgur.com/a/fMuUnzQ
I suspect the game itself isn't even responding as shown in this link in Task Manager: https://imgur.com/a/w7q8Sgy
*note I also tried diagnostic tool and ran it in compatability mode in Windows XP service pack 3 and still nothing happens except the link provided. Could it be something to do with my firewall/security. Please help!!! *I'll update if I manage to fix this problem.

Brenny232018-05-293 points

Hi, does anyone have an update for this?
downloaded the game but asks for CD
Thanks
Ben

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PIGGY2018-05-228 points

it requested a pass code what is this code need help

noname2018-05-21-3 points

Same question as BFME, I have downloaded and am running the .exe shown by the picture, but it still requests a CD.

Juss2018-05-181 point

Yeah, I have the same problem - game over after 5 minutes. Strange.

Javlon2018-05-071 point

I downloaded the game from mega-link, I ran lotrbfme.exe, BUT always 5minutes after i started playing, i automatically lost the game, i mean there will be 'game over', though everything is ok.... PLEASE if someone knows help...

BFME2018-05-064 points

I'm running the lotrbfme.exe but it's still asking for a disk. Any help?

Amunera2018-04-292 points

@Wiseguy @Carl @IngonAungAung
That's because you're using the wrong exe to play BFME.
The exe you should be using is lotrbfme.exe.
Don't use Autorun.exe as all BFME files are already included.
Please refer to the screenshot linked below as a guide for what exe you should use
https://i.imgur.com/23GU7v6.png

wiseguy2018-04-280 point

how do i start the game without the disc? it keeps telling me i need a disc... please help. thanks :)

IngonAungAung2018-04-21-1 point

When I install The lord of the ring the battle for middle earth game,everying is fine.But I open the game to play,I can't.Its show to enter the correct CD-ROM.But I don't have CD.I only download the game.What should I do?

Carl2018-04-032 points

Hey again, I used the autorun.exe from the extrcted file and have successfully installed but it requestes the 'correct' CD-ROM. May someone help? It would be really appreciated thanksss

Carl2018-04-034 points

Hey everyone! I just downloaded here the game. Could someone help me with the installation a link maybe on how and what files to extract? Thank you!

LarsMarius2018-03-190 point

Hello, i did download this game from here, and thos CD Keeys you Gave us works fine, the first CD keey did work fine for me! Tnx alott for this!

Amunet2018-03-181 point

@Jayballs Forget the ISO. Forget the virtual drive.
Download the game via the Mega link below then run BFME from the EXE (See screenshot for reference https://i.imgur.com/23GU7v6.png).
https://mega.nz/#!sfhkxLSC!17zQeE1epqf8sbw19h4aww6zvG5mbXnWctYN5qWvVdk

jayballs2018-03-170 point

the iso is mounted game is installed but when i try to run it, it says to insert the cd when it is cleary already mounted on a virtual drive. what the heck am i doing wrong. power iso and windows 7 (i know its outdated but the game is supposed to be compatible). i have never been able to play this game, someone help fulfill this 25 year olds childhood dream...

frustration2018-03-050 point

iso file corrupt pls help

Buddah2018-02-221 point

I installed the game and everything looks good but I when I launch it and click play it says I need to insert the CD. I used daemon tools lite to mount the image but it still gives me the same message. Anyone have a similar issue?

Amunet2018-02-090 point

@TOBI Stahoval jste BFME prostřednictvím možnosti stahování v horní části této stránky nebo prostřednictvím odkazu Mega, který jsem zde uvedl v komentářích?
Zkoušel jsem hru z mega odkazu zpátky a funguje to dobře. Stačí je spustit z exe (viz obrázek níže).
https://i.imgur.com/23GU7v6.png

TOBI2018-02-090 point

Ahoj vše jsem nainstaloval ale stale mi to píše vložte správne cd
co s tim mam dělat prosím o radu.

Amunet2018-02-073 points

The 'code' is the games CD Key.
Try the following CD Keys below...
CTJ2-P7UQ-KCQY-FJDL-6BZ5
PWDM-7UN5-8K3G-YZLS-RSDX
SBYG-287U-NRBH-WWCL-HE8J
VUKT-G8J9-ZV2N-AX8K-EN8Z
RQRR-MSQQ-QC6A-9URN-L544

DakkaDude2018-02-03-1 point

Alright I have it downloaded but it's asking for a code. What do I need to do to make it work?

Apple2018-01-17-3 points

i can´t get it to work i have download the game but it says that i need a code but i do not have one so how do i do

Amunet2018-01-094 points

I've uploaded the full BFME game folder to Mega (Link below) for any who are having trouble. This took me over 12 hours just to upload so feel free to reupload the game to Mega or any similar site.
The game folder is compressed into a .zip so you'll need a program like WinRaR or 7zip (Just run the game from the launcher and it should work fine).
You also don't need a DOS emulator for this. It works fine for me without one.
Mega Link: https://mega.nz/#!sfhkxLSC!17zQeE1epqf8sbw19h4aww6zvG5mbXnWctYN5qWvVdk

BlueContraGuy2018-01-080 point

Great game thanks! One of my favorites and been looking for it awhile. Be sure to use an ISO reader to mount the disk to virtual drive. Then run it on autoplay. I use Ultra ISO. Back to second breakfast, Peace!

Frustrated2018-01-060 point

Can't download..... not working...... arguh!

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