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Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms

The player takes control of a master, a general capable of commanding as many states as he can acquire, and, if successful, unifies China. As many as eight may play, but only one can succeed. There are five…

31 December 1985

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a strategy developed by Koei, released 31 December 1985 on Amiga, Android, MSX and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Romance of the Three Kingdoms is

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a strategy game developed by Koei and released in 1985. It is available on Amiga, Android, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-8800 Series and Windows Phone.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player takes control of a master, a general capable of commanding as many states as he can acquire, and, if successful, unifies China. As many as eight may play, but only one can succeed. There are five chronologically arranged scenarios. The first has China in its most disorganized period and the last has virtually all of China controlled by one of three generals. The precise requirements for success in each of these scenarios differs, but in all cases the goal is to rule as many states as possible. After the completion of any scenario but number five the game will automatically advance to the next. You may start the game at any scenario. Koei's Romance of The Three Kingdoms is based…
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How it plays

It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is the first of 71 entries we hold in the Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei) series. The next entry was Romance of the Three Kingdoms in 1988.

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What it launched against

Romance of the Three Kingdoms launched on 31 December 1985, within three weeks of Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter and Mercenary.

Released around the same time: Bomberman, Summer Games II, Highway Encounter, Mercenary.

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When did Romance of the Three Kingdoms come out?
Romance of the Three Kingdoms was released on 31 December 1985 for Amiga, Android, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-8800 Series and Windows Phone.

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