Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny

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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:
Original system(s): JP Home Computers
Peripherals supported:
Sega Mega-CD
CD BackUp RAM Cart
Genre: Simulation

















Number of players: 1-8
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥14,80014,800 T-76093
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-76086
Sega Mega-CD
JP 		¥14,80014,800[2] T-76014
Non-Sega versions

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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.

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 Score Source
73 [3]
84 [4]
60 №1992-12, p81
68 [5]
48 №28, p78/79
65 №54, p38/39
39 №32, p62
Sega Mega Drive
 62
Based on
7 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[6]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[8]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[9]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
70
[10]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
70
[11]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
68
[5]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
48
[12]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[13]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
65
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
39
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[17]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[18]
Sega Mega Drive
 65
Based on
14 reviews

Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny

Mega Drive, US
Sangokushi3 MD US Box.jpg
Cover
RotTK3 MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
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Poster
Mega Drive, JP
Sangokushi3 MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
RotTK3 MD JP CartTop.jpg
RotTK3 MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Sangokushiiii md jp manual.pdf
Manual
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Map
Mega Drive, KR

Mega-CD version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
68 [19]
73 [20]
65 №228, p39
50 №1993-04, p47
Sega Mega Drive
 64
Based on
4 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[21]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
58
[8]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
60
[22]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
70
[10]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
70
[11]
Mega (UK) NTSC-U
68
[5]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-U
48
[12]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
78
[13]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
65
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
39
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
84
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[23]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[18]
Sega Mega Drive
 65
Based on
14 reviews

Romance of the Three Kingdoms III: Dragon of Destiny

Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega-CD
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
604,758,000 CD (JP) T-76014

References

  1. ↑ GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 183
  2. ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 28 (30)
  4. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 83 (85)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mega, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 41
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Beep! MegaDrive, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-07), page 30
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 38
  9. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 81
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-xx-xx), page 54
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mega Drive Fan, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-xx), page 59
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 MegaTech, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-18), page 78
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Marukatsu Mega Drive, "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-xx), page 110
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Sega Power, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-03-31), page 32
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 Sega Pro, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-21), page 62
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 23
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Video Games, "5/94" (DE; 1994-04-27), page 100
  19. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "April 1993" (JP; 1993-03-08), page 20 (22)
  20. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 84 (86)
  21. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 196
  22. ↑ Hippon Super, "December 1992" (JP; 1992-11-04), page 81
  23. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 23
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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)
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