Gensei Suikoden

Gensei Suikoden is a Role-Playing game, developed and published by Compile, which was released through Disc Station Vol. 14 in 1997 for Windows 95.

6 March 1997

Role-playing (RPG) Action Comedy

Gensei Suikoden is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Compile, released 6 March 1997 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

Verified 11 Sep 2026 Sources: IGDB

What Gensei Suikoden is

Gensei Suikoden is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Compile and released in 1997. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A martial artist Ataho is enjoying a nice day off when he gets a visit from a member of his old dojo. Through a series of circumstances, he's thrown into a martial arts contest, then into a mad dash to save the world.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and comedy. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Gensei Suikoden launched on 6 March 1997, within three weeks of Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter and NBA ShootOut '97.

Released around the same time: Castlevania: Symphony of the Night, Blast Corps, Turok: Dinosaur Hunter, NBA ShootOut '97.