Kouryuu Sangoku Engi

Romance of the Three Kingdoms, written by Luo Guanzhong in the 14th century, is a Chinese historical novel based upon events in the turbulent years near the end of the Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms era of China, starting in 169 and ending with the reunification of the land in 280.

Three Kingdoms is acclaimed as one of the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese literature; it has a total of 800,000 words and nearly a thousand dramatic characters (mostly historical) in 120 chapters. It is arguably the most widely read historical novel in late imperial and modern China.

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has been adapted into several comic versions in Japan, varying in levels of historical accuracy and loyalty to the original novel and popular tradition. Sangokushi (Japanese for "Records of the Three Kingdoms") by Yokoyama Mitsuteru (Ushio Shuppansha) and the adapted anime Yokoyama Mitsuteru Sangokushi.

Kouryuu Sangoku Engi is a strategy game based on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, the game was also released in PC and Saturn. In the game the player can controls over the army, supplies. internal affairs, recruitments, diplomacy, etc. At the beginning of the game the player can choose between 5 different time periods (beginning in the year 184, 189, 195, 209 or 218)