Genghis Khan Review

This was the most engrossing game I ever played for the NES.There were two options, single player or multi player.As the single player, you played only as Genghis Khan.This was a friends game, so I never played this mode.
The multi-player option was, in a word, awesome.You have up to four players taking the parts of Mongolia, Japan, England, or the Byzantine Empire.Each country had their strenghts and weaknesses depending on their location, their chief export, and such.
You controlled all part of your country, such as how many resources went into your crop or mineral production, your rate of the population that was drafted, how much time was spent training the troops, training yourself as a leader, and so many more I cannot recall.
The games' map included all of Europe and Asia, and a small part of Africa.Of course not all the countries were included, but there were more than 20+.
Diplomatic options were abound, with haivng the choice of setting up embassies in foreign countries (that way you could check them out before you ruthlessly atacked them), sending spies in for a quick look, sending spies in to get the people to overthrow the government (never worked for me, but I spent many turns trying), and trading with the various traders.
Warring with other countries came in two varieties.If you invaded someone else, you could do it yourself, with your various units of archers, cavalry, and infantry, moving the units and attacking as you wished (this was the one weakness of the game, you could easily cheat in this mode, getting computer controlled units to chase you through various terrains losing strneght while you went around.The computer would always take the shortcut and hurt itself).Or, if you didn't want to take the time, you could send in one of your princes to control the battle.It was over within a few seconds that way, and as long as you outnumbered the opponent, you usually won (depending of course on the skill of your chosen prince).
Over all, given the time it was produced, it was by far the most in depth and addicting Nintendo game of its time.Part Risk, part Civilization, but all fun.

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