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Romance of the Three Kingdoms(Game)

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Sangokushi, the Japanese transliteration of Sanguo Zhi (Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms), is a computer and video game that originated from Japan, a series of turn-based computerized wargames by Koei. Eleven editions of the series have been published in Japan and Chinese-speaking countries in East Asia. Of the eleven Japanese editions, ten English versions are available as Romance of the Three Kingdoms (ROTK or RTK) .

The games are based on the events of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms in China during the 2nd and 3rd centuries.

Gameplay mainly revolves around managing numerical statistics, each representing an attribute of a city or character. For example, a city will have statistics indicating the amount of food stored within its walls, its vulnerability to disasters such as floods and earthquakes, how content the people are, etc. Characters have statistics to reflect his/her fighting prowess, intelligence and loyalty to his/her ruler among other attributes. Most players will spend more time on improving these statistics than waging war against neighboring territories, as the artificial intelligence of the other rulers tends to be peaceful unless the player attacks them first, or unless they have reached a point of the story where war must break out. Even during such situations, rampant warfare is discouraged.

Only editions VII, VIII and X were compounded with RPG aspects, allowing the player to play as a ruler, an adviser, a prefect, a general or a vassal, whereas the player can only control the ruler in other editions. In addition, different characters have various skills to aid them in combat, such as the ability to lure a group of enemy soldiers away from the others or to trick them into retreating.

There are also several spin-offs based on this series, including the more combat oriented Dynasty Warriors and Dynasty Tactics, which is a combination of Dynasty Warriors and Sangokushi.

Koei also published three biographical tactical role-playing games based on three characters in the series. They are Sangokushi Eiketsuden (Liu Bei), Sangokushi Koumeiden (Zhuge Liang) and Sangokushi Sousouden (Cao Cao).

[edit] Games in the Series

Release dates given are for original Japanese releases.

MSX

MSX|MSX2


NES

SNES

Genesis

Sega Saturn

PlayStation

PlayStation 2

PC

  • Sangokushi (1985)
  • Sangokushi II (1989)
  • Sangokushi III (1992)
  • Sangokushi IV (1994)
  • Sangokushi V (1995)
  • Sangokushi VI (1998)
  • Sangokushi VII (2000)
  • Sangokushi VIII (2001)
  • Sangokushi IX (2003)
  • Sangokushi X (2004)
  • Sangokushi 11 (2006)
  • Sangokushi Internet (1999)
  • Sangokushi Battlefield (2002)
  • Sangokushi Online (2007)

Portable gaming systems

  • Sangokushi Game Boy (1992)
  • Sangokushi Game Boy Color (1999)
  • Sangokushi II WonderSwan (2000)
  • Sangokushi IV Game Boy Advance (2001)
  • Sangokushi VI PlayStation Portable (2005)
  • Sangokushi VII Playstation Portable (2006)
  • Sangokushi VIII PlayStation Portable (2007)
  • Sangokushi Taisen DS (2007)

Mobile phones

  • Sangokushi
  • Sangokushi 2
  • Sangokushi Mobile
  • Sangokushi Mobile 2
  • Sangokushi Mobile 3

Sangokushi 11 is also planned to be released on the Nintendo Wii.

[edit] See also

  • Nobunaga's Ambition
  • Bandit Kings of Ancient China
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