Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII

Infobox VG| title = Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII


caption =
developer = Koei
publisher = Koei
designer = Koei
engine =
released = ^JP 2001-6-29(PC)
2002-1-24(PS2)
2002-1-25(PC power up kit)
2002-2-22(Mac)
2002-4-19(PS2 rerelease, with RTK7)
2002-10-25(PC with power up kit (DVD))
2003-4-3(PS2 with power up kit)
2004-6-10(PS2 rerelease)
2006-1-19(PS2 rerelease)
2006-3-31(PC slim package)
2007-2-15(PS2 with power up kit rerelease)
2007-3-29(PSP)
^NA 2003-8-13(PS2)
^EU 2004-3-26(PS2)
genre = Turn-based strategy, Grand strategy
modes = Single Player, multi-player (max 8)
ratings = CERO: A
platforms = Windows 95, Mac OS, PSP, PlayStation 2
media = 1 CD (PC, Mac OS, Playstation 2), 2 CD (PC with PUK), 1 DVD (PC with PUK), 1 UMD (PSP)
requirements = Original RTK8 game (PC power up kit)
input = Keyboard (PC), Mouse (PC)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms VIII (三國志VIII) is the 8th installment in Koei's famous Romance of the Three Kingdoms series.

Power up kit

Power up kit includes following features:

*Marriage between generals, which can create offsprings for married parties.
*New tactical scenario campaign mode. This mode consists of battles and event surrounding Cao Cao, Lu Xun, or Zhuge Liang. The stories change depending on how to win a given scenario.
*3 new scenarios added after the death of Zhuge Liang. In addition, there are 60 more generals.
*Editor can change data of general and city.
*Logs for players activities.
*Improved AI.

Power up kit features are not incorporated into Playstation 2 version of the game.

External links

* [http://www.gamecity.ne.jp/products/products/ee/new/san8pk/top38.htm Japan Gamecity RTK8/RTK8 power up kit page]
* [http://www.koei.com.tw/html/lineup/pc/pc_San8.html Taiwan Koei RTK8 page]
* [http://www.koei.com.tw/html/lineup/pc/pc_San8PK.html Taiwan Koei RTK8 power up kit page]