Destiny of Emperor

by Nintendo

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• ASIN: B00004SVOW
• Item Weight: 8 ounces
• Media: Video Game
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,260 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Ever wondered what it would be like to unify ancient China? This is your chance to find out! Destiny of an Emperor is an RPG for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) developed by Capcom. You and a group of friends want to defend your village from the Yellow Turban rebels. You’ll have to assemble a militia consisting of farmers and peasants from neighboring villages to take on enemy armies. Defeated armies may sweat allegiance to you if you pay them off… Think carefully about whom you pay off, as you can only have a certain number of soldiers in your party! If you can defeat the rebellion you may be asked to be governor of the region. Once governor, your goal is to unify the entire country! This historically-theme RPG is loaded with fun and endless possibilities. The branching storyline will keep you coming back to Destiny of an Emperor for years to come!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE BEST BY FAR, December 6, 2003

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This is the best nintendo game out there. This game should really be under the rpg catagory because its gameplay is much like an rpg. You gain levels and use tactics (insted of magic). If you had not noticed or did'nt know this game launched many others including the romance of the three kingdoms games as well as the new dynasty warrior games for the playstation 1 & 2. This game is based on the book Romance of the three kingdoms by Lou Guanzhong so I'd think that crouching tiger would have been based on the book not the game but it doesn't matter. What does is that this is a great game even today. Try playing Final Fantasy again today, It's slow and boring but it was great back then. Destiny of an Emperor was great back then and now. If you don't have the system anymore just download an emulator and this game you'll be pleased. By the way if you have time to spare and like this game and the dynasty series try reading the book Romance of the three kingdoms it's long as hell but it's a great book!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of my favorite games ever made., May 30, 2010

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Josh English "Egomaniacal" (Coeur D'Alene, ID) - See all my reviews
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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!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great game, November 21, 2002

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Alina & Shawn Brooks (wallkill, ny) - See all my reviews

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this game is one of the greatest games on the nes. i currently own ps2 and am intrigues that they will be bringing back ff1 and 2. they should remake this classic as well.