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Synopsis

Dokuganryu Masamune is a historical simulation game developed and produced by Namco for the Famicom in 1988. It is the third such game to appear on the Famicom within a month, including Nobunaga's Ambition from Koei and Takeda Shingen from HOT-B. This game is based on the life of Date Masamune, who held power in Japan during the early Edo period. A peerless tactician, he was all the more iconic for his missing eye, and Date was often called dokuganryu.
In the game, you play as the warring overlord and your goal is the unification of 11 regions under one rule. Although comparable to other historical simulations released around the same time, this game is a bit simpler and features immediate battle scenes, a hexagonal map, and includes mini-games such as searching for a gold mine and horseback archery. The game keeps a light, almost humorous tone, providing in-game updates via the Namcot log, which shows changes in conversation tone and the emotions of your opponents. The game difficulty can be adjusted, there are eight commands and four types of combat forces. This game was only released in Japan.

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