Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

by SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE

Product Features

• As Emperor, Your Power Is Great... Rule your subjects wisely and build a mighty empire! Control trade, levy taxes, employ new technologies, cement alliances, raise armies, and build monuments to your everlasting glory. Vie with neighboring kingdoms for wealth and power. And take your city online to see if you are truly the world's mightiest monarch.
• In Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, you are transported back in time to when emperors reigned and China was the greatest and most resplendent power on earth. Epic in scope, Emperor spans seven dynasties and more than 3,000 years of Chinese history-from China's pre-imperial Xia dynasty circa 2100 BCE to the Mongol invasion of the Middle Kingdom under Genghis Khan in 1211 CE.
• Under your enlightened rule, a small settlement will expand to become the capital of a grand and glorious empire. From humble beginnings your city will develop into an imperial capital worthy of your greatness.
• As Emperor, you will build housing to attract immigrants to your new city. Then the city's workers and farmers, administrators and soldiers will be yours to command, and you will have the work force you need to build a provincial city into a great metropolis. At your bidding, legions of workers will toil to erect walls strong enough to keep the barbarians at bay. Under your banner, armies will march forth to do battle with the enemy. Trade and commerce will flourish and an army of tax collectors will collect the taxes that are due. Schools and clinics, palaces and gardens will embellish the city you have built and proclaim your benevolence to the world.

Product Details

• ASIN: B000C05XR8
• Item Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,498 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

Platform:  WINDOWS 98/ME/XP/VISTA Publisher:  SOLD-OUT SOFTWARE Packaging:  DVD STYLE BOX Rating:  EVERYONE As Emperor Your Power Is Great... Rule your subjects wisely and build a mighty empire! Control trade levy taxes employ new technologies cement alliances raise armies and build monuments to your everlasting glory. Vie with neighboring kingdoms for wealth and power. And take your city online to see if you are truly the world's mightiest monarch. In Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom you are transported back in time to when emperors reigned and China was the greatest and most resplendent power on earth. Epic in scope Emperor spans seven dynasties and more than 3000 years of Chinese history from China's pre-imperial Xia dynasty circa 2100 BCE to the Mongol invasion of the Middle Kingdom under Genghis Khan in 1211 CE. As Emperor you will build housing to attract immigrants to your new city. Then the city's workers and farmers administrators and soldiers will be yours to mand and you will have the work force you need to build a provincial city into a great metropolis. At your bidding legions of workers will toil to erect walls strong enough to keep the barbarians at bay. Under your banner armies will march forth to do battle with the enemy. Trade and merce will flourish and an army of tax collectors will collect the taxes that are due. Schools and clinics palaces and gardens will embellish the city you have built and proclaim your benevolence to the world. Under your enlightened rule a small settlement will expand to bee the capital of a grand and glorious empire. From humble beginnings your city will develop into an imperial capital worthy of your greatness.Highlights: Start with a plot of land by the Yangze. Help your people thrive. Discover new technologies. Set taxes control trade raise huge armies. Invade other cities. Decorate. Do you have what it takes to build the Great Wall? Then take y

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars fun without violence, July 9, 2011

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Hal Farmer - See all my reviews

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (CD-ROM)

I purchased this game to have some fun without all the violence in modern games. Or the stupidity in the Sim City games. I am extremely happy with this game and intend to purchase more of the sold out software games in the future. Thank you Amazon for bringing back the fun in computer games.

4.0 out of 5 stars Fun :), January 4, 2012

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Brooke Frick (Wisconsin , USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (CD-ROM)

I enjoyed this game very much. There are tons of maps of all different sizes to to choose from on this game, which makes gameplay much more fun and interesting (the only difficult part is the names of the maps are hard to keep straight, and when you choose a map you have no idea what you will get unless you've learned the names by heart). I enjoyed this game and had very few troubles with it. Everything installed correctly and there were no issues with getting the game to play. I did notice that when the gods come to visit you sometimes they do freeze up. This never bothered me however and didn't affect any of my other citizens. It took me forever to figure out how to pay homage to the gods so I go in trouble...a lot. Overall the game is really fun, even if it is "old". And I would recommend it to anyone who likes civ building games.

5.0 out of 5 stars Satisfying even without eggroll, November 28, 2011

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R. Stephen Franks (Detroit) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom (CD-ROM)

I was not too enthusiastic about venturing into chinese city building after playing the various incarnations of Caesar and Pharaoh over several years. My experience with Zeus (Greek city builder) was a disappointment with its slightly comic graphics and intrusive gods. But the graphics, music and gameplay in Empire draws one into the Sim completely. It is a very satisfying visual and historical change from the other city builder sims.

The play is similar to earlier offerings in the genre so the learning curve is easy. At the price of the Sim, and its accurate visuals, I highly recommend it to established players of the genre, or to novices that have never played such a sim before. There are fortifications and battles, but it isn't the focus of the Sim as is the case with the entire genre. But it is a well rounded Sim that will give many hours of interest.