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Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness
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Instruction booklet · October 1994

Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness

SimulatorStrategy1 playerNot rated

The story

Nobunaga's Ambition: Lord of Darkness is the fourth game in the Nobunaga series (but only the third one to have been localized in English). The story of Nobunaga takes place during the Japanese civil war of the 16th century. In a wartime strategy game, 15 different warlords are represented across several territories. One to eight human players can play, controlling different leaders and factions.

Specifications

Released
October 1994
Developer
Koei
Publisher
Koei
Players
1
Genre
Simulator · Strategy
Rating
Not rated
Series
Nobunaga's Ambition
Themes
Historical · Warfare
View
Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

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Week of October 7, 1994
Oct. 12

Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen found DreamWorks Pictures.

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