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Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome

Build the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire and become its Emperor! This legendary city was one of the most beautiful and powerful capitals to have ever existed in the ancient world! Resurrect the masterpieces…

65 18 November 2008

Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome is a puzzle developed by cerasus.media, released 18 November 2008 on Nintendo DS and Wii.

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What Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome is

Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome is a puzzle game developed by cerasus.media and released in 2008. It was published by D3 Publisher. It is available on Nintendo DS and Wii.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Build the heart of the Ancient Roman Empire and become its Emperor! This legendary city was one of the most beautiful and powerful capitals to have ever existed in the ancient world! Resurrect the masterpieces of Roman architecture. The Coliseum will make a good training school for your brave gladiators. And the Pantheon - the Temple of the Roman Gods - will bring you luck! The fabulous land of Caesar opens its gates before you in this engaging puzzle game, Cradle of Rome. More than 20 masterpieces of Ancient Roman architecture to build.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome holds a critic score of 65 out of 100. That places it above 22% of the 2,792 rated puzzle games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored about average for its year.

What it launched against

Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome launched on 18 November 2008, within three weeks of Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2 and Left 4 Dead. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Fallout 3, World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, Gears of War 2, Left 4 Dead.

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When did Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome come out?
Jewel Master: Cradle of Rome was released on 18 November 2008 for Nintendo DS and Wii.

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