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Gemfire is a 1991 role-playing strategy video game developed and published by Koei for the Nintendo Entertainment System and later ported to Japanese home computers, Super NES, Genesis, MS-DOS, and Windows. The object in the game is to unify a fictional island by force. Players use a variety of units, such as archers, infantry and dragons, in order to capture the castle needed to control that particular territory.

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Released
1991-08-29
User rating
4.67 / 5
Genres
Strategy
Platforms
PC, SNES, NES, Genesis

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Gemfire is a marvelous war strategy from KOEI game collection. The game offers the advanced military strategy and even multiplayer support, but only at the shared screen. The story of the game starts as follows: Once upon a time, Ishmeria was a haven for elves, fairies and other creatures of lore. Yet one day an evil wizard wielded the powers of a Fire Dragon to destroy the peace. A legendary Pastha and 6 magicians fought the wizard and trapped the Dragon. But, the wizard cast a fateful curse, turning the magicians and Dragon into cold gems, which were placed upon the crown: The Gemfire. G…

Released
1991
Genres
Strategy
Platforms
PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, FM Towns, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, MSX, Super Famicom
Developer
Koei
Publisher
Koei

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1991-08-29
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Gemfire is a 1991 role-playing strategy video game developed and published by Koei for the Nintendo Entertainment System and later ported to Japanese home computers, Super NES, Genesis, MS-DOS, and Windows. The object in the game is to unify a fictional island by force. Players use a variety of units, such as archers, infantry and dragons, in order to capture the castle needed to control that particular territory.

A sequel, Royal Blood II: Chronicles of the Kingdom of Dinar, was released in Japan for Windows.

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