Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)

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historical simulation game series turn-based strategy game series video game series

Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) is a long-running series of historical strategy games by Koei (now Koei Tecmo) that lets players manage kingdoms, wage war, and engage in political intrigue set in China’s Three Kingdoms era.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) canonical	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video games)	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms II	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms III	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII	1
Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7947765 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
Context triple: [Romance of the Three Kingdoms, notableAdaptation, Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)]

A. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classic 14th-century Chinese historical novel that dramatizes the power struggles, warfare, and political intrigue among rival states at the end of the Han dynasty.
B. Art of War
Art of War is a 2000 action thriller film starring Wesley Snipes as a covert operative entangled in an international conspiracy.
C. Ban Shu Legend
Ban Shu Legend is a Chinese historical romance television drama series centered on the life and adventures of a spirited young woman in the Han dynasty.
D. Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
E. Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang
The Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang were a series of military campaigns launched by the Shu Han strategist Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period in an effort to conquer the northern state of Cao Wei and restore the Han dynasty.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
Target entity description: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) is a long-running series of historical strategy games by Koei (now Koei Tecmo) that lets players manage kingdoms, wage war, and engage in political intrigue set in China’s Three Kingdoms era.

A. Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classic 14th-century Chinese historical novel that dramatizes the power struggles, warfare, and political intrigue among rival states at the end of the Han dynasty.
B. Art of War
Art of War is a 2000 action thriller film starring Wesley Snipes as a covert operative entangled in an international conspiracy.
C. Ban Shu Legend
Ban Shu Legend is a Chinese historical romance television drama series centered on the life and adventures of a spirited young woman in the Han dynasty.
D. Records of the Three Kingdoms
Records of the Three Kingdoms is a foundational 3rd-century Chinese historical text by Chen Shou that chronicles the late Eastern Han dynasty and the rise of the Wei, Shu, and Wu states.
E. Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang
The Northern Expeditions of Zhuge Liang were a series of military campaigns launched by the Shu Han strategist Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period in an effort to conquer the northern state of Cao Wei and restore the Han dynasty.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical simulation game series ⓘ turn-based strategy game series ⓘ video game series ⓘ
basedOn	Romance of the Three Kingdoms (novel) ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms Three Kingdoms period ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Japan ⓘ
developer	Koei ⓘ linked to: Koei Tecmo Koei Tecmo ⓘ
feature	character creation ⓘ historical officers from the Three Kingdoms era ⓘ multiple difficulty levels ⓘ scenario-based campaigns ⓘ
firstRelease	Romance of the Three Kingdoms ⓘ
firstReleaseYear	1985 ⓘ
gameplayElement	city management ⓘ diplomacy ⓘ officer recruitment ⓘ political intrigue ⓘ resource management ⓘ turn-based warfare ⓘ
genre	grand strategy game ⓘ strategy video game ⓘ
language	English ⓘ Japanese ⓘ
latestRelease	Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIV ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
latestReleaseYear	2020 ⓘ
notableGame	Romance of the Three Kingdoms II ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) Romance of the Three Kingdoms III ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) Romance of the Three Kingdoms IV: Wall of Fire ⓘ Romance of the Three Kingdoms VII ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI ⓘ Romance of the Three Kingdoms XIII ⓘ linked to: Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series)
platform	MSX ⓘ linked to: MSX computers NES ⓘ linked to: Nintendo consoles Nintendo Switch ⓘ PC-88 ⓘ linked to: PC-8801 PlayStation ⓘ PlayStation 2 ⓘ PlayStation 3 ⓘ linked to: Sony PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 ⓘ Sega Genesis ⓘ linked to: Sega Mega Drive Super Nintendo Entertainment System ⓘ Windows ⓘ Xbox 360 ⓘ
publisher	Koei ⓘ linked to: Koei Tecmo Koei Tecmo ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ Japan ⓘ North America ⓘ
setting	China ⓘ Three Kingdoms era ⓘ linked to: Three Kingdoms period
targetAudience	strategy game players ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Romance of the Three Kingdoms → notableAdaptation → Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video game series) ⓘ

Lu Bu → appearsIn → Romance of the Three Kingdoms (video games) ⓘ