Romance of the Three Kingdoms

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Description

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" -- Japanese/Chinese (simplified) spelling
• "Super Sangokushi" -- Japanese title
• "Sanguozhi" -- Chinese title
• "San Goku Shi" -- Japanese title
• "RTK 1" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Grand strategy
• Inspiration: Literature
• KOEI Historical Simulation series
• Romance of the Three Kingdoms series
• Setting: Chinese
• Setting: Chinese Three Kingdoms era

User Reviews

Very, very strategic and engrossing!	NES	Oblio (108)
Thankfully in this series, the first was the worst.	DOS	Indra was here (20839)
It wasn’t good then, and it isn’t good now.	NES	PCGamer77 (3225)

Critic Reviews

Info	Amiga	Jan, 1990		100
The Games Machine (UK)	DOS	Dec, 1989	91 out of 100	91
Questicle.net	NES	Apr, 2013	B+	83
Ultimate Nintendo: Guide to the NES Library	NES	2016		80
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Amiga	Mar, 1990	9.4 out of 12	78
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Oct, 1990		70
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Amiga	Oct, 1990		70
Geeks Under Grace	NES	May 21, 2014	7 out of 10	70
Amiga World	Amiga	Mar, 1990	Unscored	Unscored
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	DOS	Sep, 1988	Unscored	Unscored

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Awards

• Computer Gaming World
  • October 1989 (Issue #64) –Strategy Game of the Year