Sangokushi IV (Jpn, Rev. A) - 三国志IV
Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (released as Sangokushi IV in Japan) is the fourth in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms series of turn-based strategy games produced by Koei and based on the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire was the last game in the series to be released on the PC in the United States until Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI.
Gameplay is generally similar to the previous installments.
The six scenarios in this game are listed as follows:
Gameplay is generally similar to the previous installments.
The six scenarios in this game are listed as follows:
- Dong Zhuo seizes control of Luoyang (AD 189)
- The Flying General roams the Central Plains (AD 194)
- Liu Bei seeks shelter in Xinye (AD 201)
- The Crouching Dragon soars across Red Cliffs (AD 208)
- End of the Han Dynasty - Rise of the Three Kingdoms (AD 221)
- A star falls at Wuzhang Plains (AD 235)
- Warships can make other warships catch fire
- Archers can fire flaming arrows at other soldiers and catapults
- Barbarians can be summoned to conduct raids on enemy territory
- Alliances can be formed between the player and other warlords but these are not permanent
Sangokushi IV (Jpn, Rev. A)
Technical
CPU
- maincpu 5A22 (@ 21 Mhz)
- soundcpu SPC700 (@ 1 Mhz)
Chipset
- SNES Custom DSP (SPC700)
Display
- Orientation Yoko
- Resolution 255 x 225
- Frequency 60.098476 Hz
Controlers
- Number of players 2
- Number of buttons 6
- Kind of controler
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
- joy (8 ways)
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Sangokushi IV (Jpn, Rev. A) Screenshots
Clones of Sangokushi IV (Jpn, Rev. A)
Power-up kit
A separate power-up kit was released for the Chinese and Japanese versions of the PC game, allowing further customization of characters in the game. PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and Dreamcast ports of the game included the power-up kit.
Three additional scenarios (the first two are not based on the novel) are present in the power-up kit version:
Three additional scenarios (the first two are not based on the novel) are present in the power-up kit version:
- The villain usurps the power of the Han Dynasty - Unification of China (AD 189)
- Three heroes compete for power in war-ravaged China (AD 190)
- Rise of the barbarian king (AD 225)
Reception
On release, Famicom Tsūshin scored the Sega Saturn version of the game a 28 out of 40, later giving the 32X version a 27 out of 40.
