Shogun  (Virgin)
Platform: Commodore 64
Region: PAL
Controller: Joy
Genre: Arcade, Adventure
Gametype: Undefined
Release Year: 1986
Developer: Virgin Games
Publisher: Virgin Games
Players: 1
Programmer: Lee & Mathias
Musician: Steve Lee
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Wait, you say, wasn't this an Infocom title? Actually, this one came out first on the budget publisher Mastertronic's catalog. It's a vastly different game than the Infocom one (Amiga, Apple II, DOS, Macintosh)

- you wander around as one of a number of characters trying to build up your rapport with the people, doing battle and working your way up to becoming a shogun. An obscure title that I always loved - and the very odd graphics and gameplay, on a 2D surface where you're always flying everywhere, were so strange, but in the end that made it a memorable game.

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Description from the packaging:

In April 1660, Englishman John Blackthorne was shipwrecked off the coast of Japan by a violent storm. He found himself in the center of a political conflict of equal violence.
For six centuries, Japan had been torn by civil strife. The mighty warlords (daimyo) administered the feudal system and guarded against bandits and insurrection. This icon-driven, interactive novel puts you in there with them. Take the part of any of the 40 characters as they vie for supreme power in the land, to become the military ruler of all of Japan, to become Shogun.

Test out your powers of intelligence, cunning, politics, and combat against some of the most powerful figures in history. Choose the part of Blackthorne, Ishido, Zen Master, Ikematu, or become the Samurai Warrior- or even a Peasant.
Any way you want to play it, the road to becoming Shogun will test you to the limit!
