Nobunagas Ambition

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Nobunaga's Ambition is a 1986 strategy video game developed and published by Koei. It was released for several platforms such as IBM PC compatibles, Amiga, Nintendo Entertainment System, Super NES, and Sega Genesis. A part of Koei's "Historical Simulation" line of titles, it is focused in the Sengoku period of the history of Japan. It is the second game in the Nobunaga's Ambition series and the first Nobunaga's Ambition title to be released in English. The player has the objective of unifying Japan as Oda Nobunaga or as any of the other daimyos present in the game. Several revisions were made to the gameplay since the first game, as well as a 50-province mode which expanded the game's map to feature all of Japan.

Hamster Corporation released the NES version as part of their Console Archives series for the Nintendo Switch 2 and PlayStation 5 in March 2026.

From Wikipedia's article Nobunaga's Ambition (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

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This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.

Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.

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