Based on the events of the Three Kingdoms era in China (3rd century), and on Luo Guanzhong's famous novel Sanguo Yanyi, the game casts the player in the role of one of the many warlords rivaling for control after the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

This turn-based strategy game introduces hundreds of historical characters of the Three Kingdoms era. The game's main objective is to become the supreme ruler of the remnants of the falling Han Dynasty. To do this the player has to build a mighty empire by conquering provinces and recruiting generals worthy of command. Fight massive battles, triumph over natural disasters and capture enemy strongholds

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Alternate Titles

"スーパー三國志" -- Japanese SNES spelling
"三国志 for WonderSwan" -- Japanese WonderSwan spelling
"三国志" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"三国志" -- Japanese spelling
"Super Sangokushi" -- Japanese title
"Sanguozhi" -- Chinese title
"San Goku Shi" -- Japanese title
"RTK 1" -- Common abbreviation

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Romance of the Three Kingdoms	NES	$4.20
	Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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User Reviews

Very, very strategic and engrossing!	NES	Oblio (109)
Thankfully in this series, the first was the worst.	DOS	Indra was here (15038)
It wasn’t good then, and it isn’t good now.	NES	PCGamer77 (3027)

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The Press Says

The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Dec, 1989	91 out of 100	91
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Oct, 1990		70
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Amiga	Oct, 1990		70
Nintendo Power Magazine	NES	Sep, 1989	3 out of 5	60
Kamakuranet	WonderSwan	2002		40