The Genji and the Heike Clans
The Genji and the Heike Clans (Genpei Touma-den) is a side-scrolling hack and slash platform game. The player controls Taira no Kagekiyo, a samurai who was killed in the Battle of Dan-no-ura during the Genpei…
The Genji and the Heike Clans is an arcade developed by dempa, released 1 October 1986 on Arcade, Legacy Mobile Device and Sharp X68000.
What The Genji and the Heike Clans is
The Genji and the Heike Clans is an arcade game developed by dempa and released in 1986. It was published by Namco. It is available on Arcade, Legacy Mobile Device and Sharp X68000. It runs on Namco System 86.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player controls Taira no Kagekiyo, a samurai that died in the Genpei War and revived to avenge the destruction of his clan, travelling the provinces of Japan while searching for the Imperial Regalia of Japan to face his arch-enemy Minamoto no Yoritomo, and also faces other enemies like Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Musashibō Benkei.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and fantasy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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