Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

Use the Emperor Resolution Customiser utility.

By default, the game has only two choices for resolution: "800x600" and "1024x768". This utility patches the "1024x768" option to instead render the game's window at a custom resolution supplied to the utility.

It is a good idea to read through the program's description and readme, but the basic installation procedure is:

1. Download the program from the Files tab, under the Main files heading. Extract the downloaded archive somewhere.
2. Open Emperor's installation folder, then copy Emperor.exe and EmperorText.eng to {location you extracted the files in step 1}\base_files. Also copy all JPG files in the DATA folder to {location you extracted the files in step 1}\base_files\DATA
3. Run Emperor Resolution Customiser.exe. A window will then appear containing all the options available. You can click on the ? buttons to get a description of what each item does. The checkboxes are by default set to appropriate defaults.
4. Don't forget to type in your desired widescreen resolution.
5. Once you have picked the options you want, click on the Generate EXE button. The program will then drop the new files into the patched_files folder.
6. Copy-paste the files inside the patched_files folder to the location you installed Emperor, overwriting any files already present.
7. Download the file Display option patcher scripts found under Optional files header.
8. Extract the file Emperor - Change Display Setting - Resolution - 1024x768 or Hacked resolution.exe to the location Emperor.exe is installed and run it.

Alternatively (but not recommended), if the program is not compatible with your copy of the game:

1. Download My old widescreen fixes pack found under the Miscellaneous files header.
2. Open the 1 - Fixed EXEs folder, then open the folder named after the resolution you want to use. Extract the contents of this folder into the location you installed Emperor.