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Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom

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4.7

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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...
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Product details
2002, Sierra, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c, 1 GB available space...
Time to beat
60.5 hMain
74.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
67.5 h All Styles
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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!
  • 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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manual 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.

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.

Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
60.5 hMain
74.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
67.5 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'2002-09-09T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Company:
Size:
482 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence)

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Posted on: March 21, 2020

Maych_Chuah

Verified owner

Games: 8 Reviews: 1

Nostalgic citybuilding

This game is a real treat for fans of the entire series (Zeus + Poseidon, Pharaoh + Cleopatra, Caesar 3). The creators did a lot of research on ancient China and it shows; the overall aesthetic and look of the game looks great. A minor quirk that really shouldn't affect gameplay, but the voice acting did not age well (over-exaggerated 'Chinese' accents, yikes) and the graphics and portraits aren't great. Just a quick note here since it seems to be a fairly common problem with no surefire solution: if the building animations don't load, you need to update the graphics driver manually. 1) In the search box on the taskbar, enter device manager, then select Device Manager. 2) Select Display Adaptors to display the names of your graphics drivers. Mine is NVIDIA but yours may differ. 3) Make a note of the driver's name, and search for the driver update on the manufacturer's website. Ensure you get the correct update for your driver 4) Download and run the .exe file, you may need to restart Windows afterwards Hope this helps!


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Posted on: February 10, 2017

tsmpaul

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Games: 551 Reviews: 2

Finally!

I think the gameplay and graphics are the best out of the whole series, and they did such a great job with the illustrations of those buildings and scenery. Building cities, managing the inhabitants, keeping everything going smoothly - so much fun to work it all out! These games are great too - because I have a gaming desktop which handles modern 3D games no problem, but my laptop is more for things like word processing. However, if I'm off somewhere with just the laptop and need a break, games like this one that run in 2D sprites and tiles will work great on just about anything! So there's I quite enjoy high quality 2D games like Emperor. Years ago I lost my CD. Disaster! I have been waiting for a digital way to play this game for so long, fantastic!


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Posted on: July 28, 2018

RamaLho_88

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Games: 172 Reviews: 2

PERFECT CLASSIC GEM!

Im from a time where I played a little of Ceaser 3, Zeus and a lot Pharaoh. Those where great times and still is because a I love this games so muuuuuch! Still, I din't know about the existence of this game and is absoluty stunning! Perfect gameplay as I am used with other tittles! This is really a "PERFECT CLASSIC GEM"!


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Posted on: May 29, 2017

Wanjo21

Verified owner

Games: 1 Reviews: 1

Love it

I found this game 2002 on a magazine CD - the complete tutorial. Then I bought the disk and played it until I switched to iMac in 2007. Then I learned how to install Windows XP on the iMac using bootcamp and went on playing Emperor until Microsoft did something to block XP - I was very sad. Joy, joy, joy with GOG wineskin I have it back on my iMac. And it is even more comfortable because one does not have to insert a disk every time one want's to play it. The fascinating thing is that this game is so rich in variations that it never becomes boring and after 15 years of continuous use there are still lots of possibilities I have not tried yet. It is creative, constructive and besides from some small skirmishes not at all bloodthirsty. But it teaches a lot about Chinese history and culture which isn't bad to know. Thank you for not allowing this game to disappear.


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Posted on: July 19, 2017

ksbradley

Verified owner

Games: 32 Reviews: 1

Best city-builder ever

I've been wating SO long for this to finally arrive on GOG! Building an Ancient Chinese city is both beautiful and surprisingly educational (like a lot of the Sierra city-building titles), and it combines all the good parts of Pharaoh and Zeus and just makes it SO much better and easy to use. By far the most fun city-building game I've ever played.


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