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Destiny of an Emperor NES is Capcom’s 1990 tactical RPG based on the manga Tenchi wo Kurau and the Three Kingdoms story. Lead Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and recruit defeated generals. You get the loose cartridge only, no box or manual. Ships within 2 business days.
| Platform | NES |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Capcom |
| Condition | Loose Cartridge |
| Availability | In stock |
Destiny of an Emperor NES is a tactical role-playing game from Capcom, released in North America in September 1990. It retells the Three Kingdoms era of China through the eyes of Liu Bei and his sworn brothers. This listing is the loose NES cartridge.
Capcom developed and published Destiny of an Emperor. In Japan it is called Tenchi wo Kurau and came out in May 1989. The game is based on Hiroshi Motomiya's manga of the same name. That manga loosely follows Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the 14th-century novel by Luo Guanzhong.
The story begins with Liu Bei, Zhang Fei and Guan Yu leading a village militia. Over the course of the game, their small band grows into a full army.
Battles work differently from most RPGs of the time. Many random encounters are against enemy generals. After you defeat a general, he may join your side if you pay a bribe of money or horses. Recruiting the right officers is the heart of the game.
The All-Out command hands a battle to the computer and plays it at high speed. It is handy for easy fights, but it gives no tactical edge, so control harder battles yourself. Saving money and horses for bribes pays off, since recruited generals make your army stronger. Players who know the Three Kingdoms story will recognize many of the officers you meet.
A note on the name: the Famicom original launched in Japan as Tenchi wo Kurau in May 1989. Capcom gave it a new English title for the North American release about sixteen months later. If you see either name in a collector guide, it refers to the same Capcom game, with this cartridge being the US version.
See all NES games in our shop. For more of this period of Chinese history, try Romance of the Three Kingdoms or Romance of the Three Kingdoms II. Read about Destiny of an Emperor on Wikipedia.
When did Destiny of an Emperor come out in the US?
Capcom released it in North America in September 1990.
What is the game based on?
It is based on the manga Tenchi wo Kurau, which loosely follows Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Who are the main characters?
Liu Bei and his sworn brothers Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, who start out as a village militia.
Is it a strategy game or an RPG?
It is a tactical RPG. You explore and fight turn-based battles, and you build an army by recruiting generals.
Does this listing include a box or manual?
No. You get the cartridge only. It is an NES cartridge for the Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Josh English –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
one of my favorite games ever made.
You can have your FFxiii – I’ll take Destiny of an emperor anyday. I own just about every platform ever made, dating back to the NES and Sega master system, and the ol NES games get played more than any other. WHY? Because this was when they made GAMES! These days all they make are spiffy movies with little bits of gameplay interjected. Nothing makes me more angry than to pay $60 for a game that turns out to be nothing more than japanimation sequences that require you to sit there and hit a button every few seconds to spawn yet another fmv sequence.
Destiny of an emperor will not disappoint. Nice large dungeons. Difficult battles. Simple yet fun battle system. I’ve played this game through so many times I can navigate the caves in my sleep, and this game still takes me 20+ hours to complete. All I’m waiting for is for someone to remake it on a current platform so I can stop rebuilding my NES every time it breaks!
Del Paige –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
Destiny of an Emperor
This game is as self explanitory,but yet fun and simple as RPG’s get.Based of of the “Romance of the Three Kingdoms ” novel/Chinese play,it is a game w/ an envolving plot like the formentioned.The game play is reminiscent of games such as “Dragon Warrior l,Legend of Zelda” etc. If you loved those games of yester-year then you will “deffinately” enjoy this well over looked title as well.If Capcom ever makes a Greatest Hits game disk like Sega recently has of their games,I would hope this would make Capcom ‘s list.Hope this review is helpful to you.
Denise K –
Originally posted on Amazon.com · not a MarioShroomed purchase
A really fun game that occasionally has one major flaw…
As a fan of old school NES games like Dragon Warrior and Final Fantasy, I jumped at the chance to play a game that sounded similar. The game play is quite similar to Final Fantasy in that you wander from town to town, find items, fight battles with a team of five men, and dungeon crawl. I made it about two thirds of the way through the game and absolutely adored it before I discovered its fatal flaw – occasionally, it is impossible to beat the game. There is an item that your party needs called “Dead Wood” that, due to a glitch, occasionally does not appear, thus making it imposible to get to the next area. After looking up some information online and finding out that this is only an occasional glitch, I decided to play it through again and had no troubles.
All in all, I loved it, and I would highly recommend it! (Just be aware of the possibility of the glitch!)