Genghis Khan (video game)

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Genghis Khan (Aoki Ookami to Shiroki Mejika: Genghis Khan in Japan) is a NES, Amiga, DOS and MSX turn-based strategy game developed by Koei that takes the player inside the virtual life of either Genghis Khan or one of his archrivals. The player must arrange marriages, father children, appoint family members to governmental positions, and fight in order to conquer the Old World. Armies must be drafted and soldiers must be trained if the player is to rule the lands from England to Japan.

The game has two different ways to play; the first is Mongol Conquest, which is a one player mode. You are Lord Temujin and you must conquer the land by keeping your economy stable, having your army ready to fight, and by attacking other lands.

The second is World Conquest. It supports 1-4 players. Players 1 and 3 take turns using the player 1 controller whilst players 2 and 4 do the same but with the player 2 controller. World Conquest is started by choosing the number of players and difficulty. Then the players must choose who they want to be; Genghis Khan (Mongols), Alexios (Byzantine), Richard (England), or Yoritomo (Japan). Then each player must "randomly" select the stats of their leader and successors. The player must stop a random number to choose the certain stat. This is done until all stats are chosen for the certain character, but they can be redone. After everyone is ready to go, the game begins. The countries of Eurasia cycle through; when it goes through a country, it means they have used their turn. When it comes to a player's country, they get to make 3 choices. These choices include training the troops, buying a certain product/quantity from a merchant, drafting soldiers, sending a treaty, or going to war. Each act takes 1 choice away until the 3 choices are used; then the cycle continues. Once every country has used their turns, the season changes and the cycle goes through again, but in a different order. Seasons determine when you must pay your troops, when the farmers harvest the crop, when food must be distributed, etc. The goal of World Conquest is to conquer every opposing country.