Bandit Kings of Ancient China
Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a turn-based strategy role-playing simulation game developed and published by Koei for MS-DOS, the Amiga, and the Apple II. It was well-received at its inception, and was…
Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a strategy developed by Koei, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Apple II, DOS and MSX.
What Bandit Kings of Ancient China is
Bandit Kings of Ancient China is a strategy game developed by Koei and released in 1989. It was published by Infogrames. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, DOS, MSX and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
The game is based on the novel Water Margin, and takes place in ancient China during the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty. The player fights with the ten bandits to build, sustain, and command an army of troops to eventually capture the evil Gao Qiu, China's Minister of War, before the Jurchen invasion occurs in January 1127. Economic controls are also available, including taxes and troop unrest.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Bandit Kings of Ancient China launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.
Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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