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Sangokushi III/Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Mega-CD

Publisher: Koei

Developer: Koei

Original system(s): JP Home Computers

Peripherals supported:

CD BackUp RAM Cart

Genre: Simulation^[1]^[2], Shooting^[3]

Number of players: 1-8

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-11-08^[2]	¥14,800 (15,244)14,800e^[4]	T-76093
US	1994-02^[5]		T-76086
KR	199x		GMC071JT
JP	1993-04-23^[1]	¥14,800 (15,244)14,800e^[6]	T-76014

Non-Sega versions
FM Towns IBM PC PC-9801 UV Super CD-ROM² Super NES X68000

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Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny, known as Sangokushi III (三國志III) in Japan, is the third game in Koei's Sangokushi franchise, a part of their Historical Simulation Series and a sequel to Romance of the Three Kingdoms II. It was first released in 1992 on various home computers and was ported to a variety of other platforms, including to the Sega Mega Drive in 1992 and Sega Mega-CD in 1993, with the Mega-CD version being exclusive to Japan.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny	Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny
Japanese	三國志III	Sangokushi III

Track list

Mega-CD version

1. Data track

2. S.E. 01 (00:08)

3. S.E. 02 (00:12)

4. S.E. 03 (00:09)

5. S.E. 04 (00:08)

6. S.E. 05 (00:08)

7. S.E. 06 (00:07)

8. S.E. 07 (00:06)

9. S.E. 08 (00:06)

10. S.E. 09 (00:06)

11. S.E. 10 (00:06)

12. S.E. 11 (00:06)

13. S.E. 12 (00:06)

14. S.E. 13 (00:06)

15. S.E. 14 (00:06)

16. S.E. 15 (00:06)

17. S.E. 16 (00:06)

18. S.E. 17 (00:06)

19. S.E. 18 (00:06)

20. S.E. 19 (00:06)

21. S.E. 20 (00:06)

22. S.E. 21 (00:06)

23. S.E. 22 (00:06)

24. 星辰 (03:46)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

25. 蒼天黄土 (01:40)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

26. 英傑決起 (02:43)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

27. 使者奉迎 (00:20)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

28. 旗鼓の間 (02:34)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

29. 勝利の喊声 (00:16)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

30. 蚊竜雌伏 (02:46)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

31. 現下喫緊 (01:52)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

32. 疾風迅雷 (02:24)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

33. 劣勢 (01:33)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

34. 落陽 (00:16)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

35. 彷徨 (02:23)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

36. 深憂 (01:53)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

37. 傾国の美姫 (03:21)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

38. 空水悠久 (03:04)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

39. 焔の城壁 (02:04)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

40. 帝 (03:07)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

41. 皇宮の宴 (02:09)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

42. 波濤の攻防 (04:15)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

43. 星辰—リプライズ (01:13)
Composed by: Minoru Mukaiya

44. Demo voice 1 (00:55)

45. Demo voice 2 (01:35)

46. Demo voice 3 (01:25)

47. Demo voice 4 (01:27)

48. Demo voice 5 (01:38)

49. Demo voice 6 (01:29)

50. Demo voice 7 (01:23)

► Running time: 55:59

Magazine articles

Main article: Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[10]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[12]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[13]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

70

^[14]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[15]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

68

^[9]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-U

48

^[16]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[17]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

65

^[18]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[19]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

84

^[20]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

78

^[21]

Video Games (DE)

NTSC-U

70

^[22]

	65
Based on 14 reviews

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual Map

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual Poster

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[23]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[24]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[25]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[26]

	64
Based on 4 reviews

Mega-CD, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

604,758,000

CD (JP)

T-76014

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ File:Sangokushi3 MD KR cover.jpg
↑ File:Sangokushi3 MD JP Box.jpg
↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 183
↑ File:Sangokushi3 MCD JP Box Back.jpg
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 28 (30)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 41
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 30
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
↑ Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 81
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-xx), page 59
↑ MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 78
↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 110
↑ Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 32
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 62
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 23
↑ Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 100
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-08), page 22
↑ Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 1
↑ Hippon Super, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-04), page 47
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

NEC Retro has more information related to Sangokushi III

Romance of the Three Kingdoms/Sangokushi games for Sega systems
Main Series
Sangokushi II/Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (1991) \| Sangokushi III/Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny (1992) \| Sangokushi IV/Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire (1994) \| Sangokushi V (1996) \| Sangokushi IV with Power-Up Kit (1997) \| Sangokushi VI (1999) \| Sangokushi VI with Power-Up Kit (2000)
Others
Sangokushi Eiketsuden (1996) \| Sangokushi Returns (1997) \| Sangokushi Koumeiden (1997)

Games in Koei's Historical Simulation Series (US)
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II (1992) \| Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny (1992) \| Genghis Khan II: Clan of the Gray Wolf (1993) \| Nobunaga's Ambition (1993) \| Liberty or Death (1994)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20190610175627.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Fsegahard.2Fmcd.2Fsoft_licensee.html-1] 1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:Sangokushi3_MD_KR_cover.jpg_p-3] File:Sangokushi3 MD KR cover.jpg

[:File:Sangokushi3_MD_JP_Box.jpg_p-4] File:Sangokushi3 MD JP Box.jpg

[:File:GamePro_US_055.pdf_p183-5] GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 183

[:File:Sangokushi3_MCD_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-6] File:Sangokushi3 MCD JP Box Back.jpg

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-12.pdf_p30_.2828.29-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 28 (30)

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85_.2883.29-8] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)

[:File:Mega_UK_20.pdf_p41-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 41

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1992-12.pdf_p30-11] Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 30

[:File:EGM_US_058.pdf_p38-12] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38

[13] Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 81

[:File:MDAG_UK_21.pdf_p54-14] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 54

[:File:Mdfan_JP_1993-02.pdf_p59-15] Mega Drive Fan, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-xx), page 59

[:File:MegaTech_UK_28.pdf_p78-16] MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 78

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_02.pdf_p110-17] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 110

[:File:SegaPower_UK_54.pdf_p32-18] Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 32

[:File:SegaPro_UK_32.pdf_p62-19] Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 62

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-20] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[21] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 23

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1994-05.pdf_p100-22] Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 100

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-04.pdf_p22-23] Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-08), page 22

[24] Famitsu, "1993-04-30" (JP; 1993-04-16), page 1

[25] Hippon Super, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-04), page 47

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p86-26] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Sangokushi III''''' (三國志III) in Japan, is the third game in [[Koei]]'s ''Sangokushi'' franchise, a part of their Historical Simulation Series and a sequel to ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms II]]''. It was first released in 1992 on various home computers and was ported to a variety of other platforms, including to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1992 and [[Sega Mega-CD]] in 1993.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''', known as '''''Sangokushi III''''' (三國志III) in Japan, is the third game in [[Koei]]'s ''Sangokushi'' franchise, a part of their Historical Simulation Series and a sequel to ''[[Romance of the Three Kingdoms II]]''. It was first released in 1992 on various home computers and was ported to a variety of other platforms, including to the [[Sega Mega Drive]] in 1992 and [[Sega Mega-CD]] in 1993, with the Mega-CD version being exclusive to Japan.
 ==Versions==

Difference between revisions of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny"

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Revision as of 13:21, 10 April 2021

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Track list

Mega-CD version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Mega-CD version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References