Anyone ever play the 1987 "Shogun"?

[King Atari]

I've got this game sitting here, and I can't make any sense of it? I even have the manual, but it doesn't help a whole lot. Has anyone ever played this? Better yet, has anyone ever beaten it? For the record, it's the 1987 game by Virgin.

[Tempest]

By Virgin? Are you sure it's not by Infocom?

 

Tempest

[King Atari]

The title screen says it's by Virgin, but the the manual says mastertonic, so I have no idea as to which it would be. The disk also says mastertonic, and the manual and game seem to match up.

[Tempest]

Is it a text adveture game with pictures or some other type of game?

 

Tempest

[King Atari]

It's not a text adventure. It's kind of like "The Legend of Zelda" for your computer, except it's set in Japan and you have to become emperor (or something like that). Anyways, there's a window at the bottom where you can choose different actions, as well as inventory boxes. Little messages appear, alerting you to something I can't figure out. If it sounds familiar, you might recognize it by the fact that the character you choose can walk through the air for no apparent reason.

[liveinabin]

Mastertronic started out as a budget label for all 8-bit formats in 84 (games priced at £1.99). Since they were cheap, EVERYBODY had some of their games, so they quickly became a big name and, later in the 80s, were bought out by Virgin (yes, the same Mr Bransons company). As well as releasing computer games, the new Virgin/mastertronic handled distribution of the Sega Megadrive (Genesis) in UK. hope that helps

They did some good stuff - Falcon Patrol and Dan Dare to name a couple.

[liveinabin]

Tell you what, for a complete(ish) repository of Mastertronics PC games (including Shogun) and downloads of em all, go here:-

Mastertronic site

[King Atari]

Yep, that's the one I have. Thanks dude. Now, has anyone ever beaten the game?