J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers (1992) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers

The gameplay is similar to that of the first game. The game is an RPG wherein the player controls multiple characters from the book. It uses a top-down perspective. The game takes place slightly before its…

31 December 1992

What J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers is

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Interplay Productions and released in 1992. It is available on DOS and FM Towns.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The gameplay is similar to that of the first game. The game is an RPG wherein the player controls multiple characters from the book. It uses a top-down perspective. The game takes place slightly before its predecessor ends: at the dark forest of Fangorn. The story splits into several journeys of different characters similar to the book, the game also switches between different controllable parties. The ultimate goal is to reach the Two Towers and destroy the One Ring.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the The Lord of the Rings series

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers is the tenth of 69 entries we hold in the The Lord of the Rings series. It arrived a year after J.R.R. Tolkien's Riders of Rohan. The next entry was Multi-Users in Middle-earth in 1992.

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What it launched against

J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, Vol II: The Two Towers launched on 31 December 1992, within three weeks of Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Moto Roader MC.

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