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Instruction booklet · January 1993

Uncharted Waters

Role-playing (RPG)SimulatorStrategyAdventure1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

The SNES Port of "Uncharted Waters". (also known as Super Daikoukai Jidai in Japan) Climb aboard your flagship and set sail! As a young Portuguese captain, you are in search of fortune and fame. With your first mate at the helm, navigate the way to distant lands and legendary riches. Port ho! Cast anchor in a new land and barter with stubborn merchants for exotic-spices and gems.

Specifications

Released: January 1993
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei
Players: 1
Genre: Role-playing (RPG) · Simulator · Strategy · Adventure
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Uncharted Waters
Themes: Action · Fantasy · Historical · Warfare
View: Bird view / Isometric

What the magazines said

No magazine scores on record yet.

BE KIND, REWINDJanuary 1993

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Vol. 3 · No. 72Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

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Week of January 1, 1993

Jan. 3

In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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