Posted on: August 29, 2025
7black
Verified ownerGames: 13 Reviews: 2
Engaging game
Good building strategy game with nice music and lots of historical and cultural content.
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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom
Description
Your People Shall Build You a Great Empire if You Rule Them Wisely.
Start with a plot of land by the Yang-Tze and end with the Earth’s mightiest empire. Help your people thrive. Discover new technologies. Set taxes, control trade, raise huge armies. Invade other cities and make them yours. Decorate. Do you have what it takes to build the Great Wall? Will you remember to honor your ancestors? Your throne awaits!
Start with a plot of land by the Yang-Tze and end with the Earth’s mightiest empire. Help your people thrive. Discover new technologies. Set taxes, control trade, raise huge armies. Invade other cities and make them yours. Decorate. Do you have what it takes to build the Great Wall? Will you remember to honor your ancestors? Your throne awaits!
- Build and rule ancient China wisely.
- Get to know your citizens: Each has a personality, and they're smarter than ever to make your life easier.
- Keep back the horde! New combat controls offer more intense fun in battles.
© 2002 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark and Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom is a trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. The ratings icon is a registered trademark of the Entertainment Software Association. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.
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campaign creator guide
System requirements
Minimum system requirements:
ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY
Please Note: Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom only supports multiplayer connectivity over LAN or direct connection.
Recommended system requirements:
ACCEPTANCE OF END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT REQUIRED TO PLAY
Please Note: Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom only supports multiplayer connectivity over LAN or direct connection.
Time to beat
69 hMain
-- Main + Sides
-- Completionist
69 h All Styles
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Posted on: August 30, 2025
Heaventorch
Verified ownerGames: 1 Reviews: 1
classic is the best
the patrol system is second to none
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Posted on: September 12, 2025
adallalba58_6612
Verified ownerGames: 5 Reviews: 4
Gem of a city builder
Its rare to see a city builder in ancient china, and this is GREAT
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Posted on: September 18, 2025
davidxlongshot
Verified ownerGames: 205 Reviews: 1
One of the best Chinese City Builders
Neighborhood Too Ugly? Just wall it off! Mongolians at your gate!? Just wall them off! China, Loves Walls! Ancestors unhappy? Break some pottery! That should make them happy! Develop Gunpowder, Improve your technology, then...Pick the Nuke General and upgrade your Nuke Cannons to use Neutron Shells! These will eliminate the Mongolians and but leave your Feng Shui intact! Unemployment too high? Garnish their wages! New Village doesn't want to trade? Send spies to sabotage their economy and **** in their rice bowls, then, export white rice to them at a premium! Establish Bureaucracy. Fail to collect any form of tax revenue because you have nothing to write on! Send in the Loggers to cut bamboo, then, get mauled to death by Pandas. Send in the Police to distract them...get mauled by tigers instead! Establish Nobility, Spend most of your GDP on providing rice noodles to the nobility! Lose half of your work force because they forgot to drink water! Lose your Dynasty, Lose your head, rinse and repeat. Welcome, to Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom!
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Posted on: September 18, 2025
ame.bower7
Verified ownerGames: 3 Reviews: 2
Highly Recommended
I have loved playing this game for more than a decade.
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