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L'Empereur

L'Empereur is a turn-based strategy video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by the Koei company in 1989. The user controls Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and…

31 December 1989

L'Empereur is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Koei, released 31 December 1989 on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS and FM Towns.

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What L'Empereur is

L'Empereur is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Koei and released in 1989. It was published by Infogrames. It is available on Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X1 and Sharp X68000.

The premise, in the publisher's words

L'Empereur is a turn-based strategy video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System released by the Koei company in 1989. The user controls Napoleon Bonaparte during the Napoleonic Wars of the late 18th and early 19th Centuries. The goal is to conquer Europe. The game begins with Napoleon as an army officer, but with victories in combat, the user may get promoted to Commander-in-Chief, First Consul, and finally Emperor of the French, with more powers and actions available at each level. As Emperor, the user also controls Napoleon's brothers, Louis, Jérôme, Lucien, and Joseph, as well as Napoleon's stepson, Eugene Beauharnais. The game has both military and civilian aspects. The user can…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

L'Empereur launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris and Pipe Dream.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Denaris, Pipe Dream.

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When did L'Empereur come out?
L'Empereur was released on 31 December 1989 for Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, PC (Microsoft Windows), PC-8800 Series, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X1 and Sharp X68000.

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