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Instruction booklet · December 1993

Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny

SimulatorStrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)1–8 playersPre-ESRB

The story

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.

Specifications

Released
December 1993
Developer
Koei
Publisher
Koei
Players
8
Genre
Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Rating
Pre-ESRB
Series
Romance Of The Three Kingdoms (Koei)
Themes
Fantasy · Historical
View
Third person · Bird view / Isometric · Side view
Multiplayer
2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

7
7
6
5
Famitsu · four reviewers
Players
60/100 (6 ratings)
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