Sangokushi III

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Sangokushi III
Image:ROTK III.jpg Game cover
Developer(s)	Koei
Publisher(s)	Koei
Designer(s)	Koei
Release date(s)	^JP 1992-2-5(PC-98) 1992-11-8(SNES, Genesis) 1993-2-5(Sega CD) 1993-10-1(PC Engine Super CD-ROM²) 2001-2-22(PS) 2001-6-8(Windows 95) ^NA ?(MS-DOS) 1993-2-4(Genesis)
Genre(s)	Strategy
Mode(s)	Single Player
Platform(s)	MS-DOS, PC9801, Sharp X68000, FM Towns, PC-Engine, Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, Sony Playstation, Windows 95
Media	3.5 inch floppy (PC-98, MS-DOS), 5.25 inch floppy (X68000), 1 CD (Windows, Playstation, Sega CD, PC Engine)
Input	Keyboard (PC), Mouse (PC)

Here, a city is being attacked.

Sangokushi III (Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny outside Asia) is the third in the Sangokushi series of turn-based strategy games produced by Koei based upon the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms. This version was released in Asia and North America for the PC, Super Nintendo Entertainment System and Sega Genesis.

[edit] Gameplay

The non-combat interface.

Upon starting the game, players choose from one of six scenarios that determine the initial layout of power in ancient China. The scenarios loosely depict allegiances and warlord holdings in the novel, although gameplay does not follow events after the game begins:

Dong Zhuo's rivals unite (189 A.D.)
The chaotic era begins (194 A.D.)
Cao Cao's power expands (201 A.D.)
Zhuge Liang plots strategy (208 A.D.)
Liu Bei builds Shu kingdom (221 A.D.)
Three kingdoms fight decay (235 A.D.)

After choosing the scenario, players determine which warlord(s) they will control. Custom characters may be inserted into territories unoccupied by other forces, as well. A total of 41 different provinces exist, as well as hundreds of unique characters. Each character has several statistics (War ability, Intelligence, Politics, Army Command, Naval Command, Charisma), which range from 1 to 100.

The goal of the game is to conquer China. This is accomplished by holding every province on the map.