James Clavell's Shogun (1986)

Box front of James Clavell's Shogun (1986)

Details

Released
1988
Developer
Gang of Five
Publisher
Mastertronic, Inc.
Genre
Action / Platform, Adventure
Players
Up to 1; single player
Type
Commercial
Platform
MS-DOS
Pack
eXoDOS
Manual
Included in the pack (PDF)

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Title screen of James Clavell's Shogun (1986)
Title screen
Gameplay of James Clavell's Shogun (1986)
Gameplay
Gameplay of James Clavell's Shogun (1986)
Gameplay

About this game

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 - 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.