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Instruction booklet · February 1995

Rise of the Phoenix

SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)ESRB E

The story

The goal of the game is to destroy the enemy army and take control of all the cities in China by building armies and raising taxes in occupied territories in order to build the army. The player can choose either Lui Bang or Xiang Yu, playing against the computer or go head-to-head against a friend.

Specifications

Released
February 1995
Developer
Koei
Publisher
Koei
Genre
Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Rating
ESRB E
Themes
Fantasy · Historical

What the magazines said

6.8
EGM · one reviewer
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Week of February 3, 1995
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STS-63: Dr. Bernard A. Harris Jr. and Michael Foale become the first African American and Briton, respectively, to walk in space.

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