Sānguó Yǎnyì

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Based on the Sānguó Yǎnyì Chinese epic, which itself was based on the official records of the time period, Sānguó Zhì (from ~169 till ~280).

104
games
41
platforms

Alternate names: 三国演义, 三國演義, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, 三國志, 三国志, Sānguó Zhì, Three Kingdoms period, Sangokushi

Sānguó Zhì is an authoritative record of Chinese history from 189 to 280, later popularized in Sānguó Yǎnyì epic (Romance of the Three Kingdoms).

Barely any works of fiction are based on the actual historical records instead of the far more popular Romance of the Three Kingdoms fictional take on the events (effectively the only one that is based on the actual historical records).

Sangokushi is the name of the Chinese epic in Japan.
Implied:
* China
* Chinese imperial era
* 2nd century and/or 3rd century (~169 till ~280)
* 1st millennium

Related:
* Dynasty Warriors

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The first Sānguó Yǎnyì video game was released on December 1985.

Koei, Capcom and U.S. Gold published most of these games.

Platforms

PS2 14
PS 9
SNES 7
Saturn 6
NES 6
GBA 4
Windows 4
Mega Drive 4
PC Engine CD 3
NEC PC9801 3
MS-DOS 3
WonderSwan 2
PC Engine 2
Amiga 2
NEC PC8801 2
X68000 2
Arcade 2
GB 2
PSP 2
MSX2 2
X360 2
Sharp X1 2
FM Towns 1
Nintendo DS 1
Win3.1 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Sharp MZ 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Wii 1
C64 1