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Tyrants: Fight Through Time

First you choose one out of four different characters to represent you, Scarlet (red army), Oberon (yellow army), Caesar (green army), or Madcap (blue army). The game is split into 10 levels - the first 9 are…

31 December 1991

Tyrants: Fight Through Time is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Sensible Software, released 31 December 1991 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga and Atari ST/STE.

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What Tyrants: Fight Through Time is

Tyrants: Fight Through Time is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Sensible Software and released in 1991. It was published by CSK Research Institute. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS, FM Towns, PC-9800 Series and Sharp X68000.

The premise, in the publisher's words

First you choose one out of four different characters to represent you, Scarlet (red army), Oberon (yellow army), Caesar (green army), or Madcap (blue army). The game is split into 10 levels - the first 9 are groups of 3 territories which can be completed in any order, while the final 'Mother of All Battles' has its own surprises. Land is mostly of sand, grass or ice. You start with 100 men and you can use whatever quantity you find necessary on each island. The rest men left will go to another level with another new 100. In the second half of the game you can freeze men to save them for the Mother of All Battles. Once you select your island and place for your HQ, you must do some research…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Tyrants: Fight Through Time launched on 31 December 1991, within three weeks of Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2 and Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

Released around the same time: Micro Machines, Alien Breed, Baseball Stars 2, Commander Keen in Keen Dreams.

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When did Tyrants: Fight Through Time come out?
Tyrants: Fight Through Time was released on 31 December 1991 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS, FM Towns, PC-9800 Series and Sharp X68000.

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