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BS Lord Monarch cover

1992 · Real-time strategy · Role-playing

BS Lord Monarch

Nintendo console exclusive

Lord Monarch is a real-time strategy war game by Nihon Falcom. The game is considered to be the seventh installment in the Dragon Slayer series. It was originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801, and was later ported with enhanced theme swapping in 1992 to the Super Famicom, and then in 1994 to the Sega Mega Drive as "Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu". During 1997, Lord Monarch was remade for Windows as "Lord Monarch Online" and released for free in both Japanese, and for the first time, English.

Also known as
Lord Monarch
Released
9 October 1992
Platforms
FM TownsPC-9800 SeriesWindowsNEC PC-9800 seriesSNES
Genres
Real-time strategyRole-playingStrategy
Developers
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Publishers
Epoch Co.
Series
Dragon Slayer
Modes
MultiplayerSingle-player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
ActionFantasyHistorical
Country
Japan
Age ratings
GRAC 12+
Languages
EnglishJapanese

About

Lord Monarch (ロードモナーク, Rōdo Monāku) is a real-time strategy war game by Nihon Falcom. The game is considered to be part of the Dragon Slayer series. It was originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801, ported 1992 to the Super Famicom and 1994 to the Mega Drive. In 1997, it was remade for Windows as Lord Monarch Online and released for free in both Japanese, and for the first time, English.

›Story

You are prince Alfred, the son of the great king of Monarch. Since you have been a rather fresh and lazy boy, the king decides to strengthen you by sending you to battle. You are now sixteen, and you must prove you are worthy of being the prince of Monarch!

Keywords

  • medieval
  • multiplayer online battle arena
  • online
  • digital distribution
  • resource gathering
  • real-time combat
  • japan only

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The Super Famicom version is similar to the Sega Mega Drive version, except there are more themes in addition to the medieval Europe theme. There is a futuristic theme with robots, a fast food theme with French fries and soft drinks attacking health food, a Three Kingdoms era theme, and a fairy-tale theme. The game is automatically paused until someone presses the Start button, so there is unlimited time for making alliances in the Super Famicom version—until the start button is pressed. This mode gives the player the advantage unlike the Sega Mega Drive version because the player may take time to choose a strategically advantageous ally.

The Super Famicom version of Lord Monarch was one of the few games to support the Super Famicom mouse.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Releases by platform
PlatformReleasedRegions
PC-9800 Series21 March 1991Japan
FM Towns21 March 1991Japan
Windows28 August 2017Worldwide

Editions and related releases

Expanded editions
Lord MonarchLord Monarch: Shin Gaia Oukokuki
Ported as
Eggconsole Lord Monarch PC-9801
Remade as
Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu
Built on it
Lord MonarchLord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou DensetsuLord Monarch: Shin Gaia Oukokuki

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