Uncharted Waters
Uncharted Waters is a 1990 video game published by Koei. It is the first game in the Uncharted Waters series and was released in Japan under the name 大航海時代.
Uncharted Waters
- Model
- Uncharted Waters
- Date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Koei
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- role-playing video game
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Uncharted Waters is a 1990 video game published by Koei. It is the first game in the Uncharted Waters series and was released in Japan under the name 大航海時代.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Uncharted Waters Daikoukai Jidai • Developer — Koei • Publisher — Koei Tecmo Games • Composer — Yoko Kanno • Series — Rekoeition, Uncharted Waters • Released — May 1990: PC-88 1990: MS-DOS 1991: Mac, MSX, NES 1992: Genesis • Genre — Role-playing • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — PC-88, Macintosh, MS-DOS MSX, X68000, NES, Genesis, SNES
Plot
Plot
The player plays the game as the character Leon, a Portuguese son from a fallen noble family. In the storyline, Leon seeks to return glory to his family name.
Gameplay
Gameplay
Uncharted Waters is a game in which player captains seek great trade wind routes and the major currents. The story is set in 1502 A.D. It was released on the PC-88 in May 1990.
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1990
Uncharted Waters published.
1990
Uncharted Waters is recorded as published in 1990.
2003
Uncharted Waters (2 catalogued editions) (2003) is digitised and catalogued by Open Library.
2005
Uncharted waters: paying benefits from individual accounts in federal retirement policy: Study Panel final report (2005) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
2019
Uncharted Waters (3 catalogued editions) digitised by Open Library.
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Uncharted waters: paying benefits from individual accounts in federal retirement policy: Study Panel final report (2005) — Internet Archive. Uncharted Waters (2 catalogued editions) (2003) — Open Library. Uncharted Waters (3 catalogued editions) (2019) — Open Library.
Reception
Dave Arneson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "in the final analysis, Uncharted Waters is mildly interesting as it stands. When compared to what it could have been, it is more than mildly disappointing. Someone may yet design the 'ultimate' game of 16th century exploration, but it isn't here yet". In a 1993 survey of pre 20th-century strategy games the magazine gave the game two stars out of five, stating that while its geography was inaccurate and user interface "could bear improvement", "game play can be interesting".
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Navigating the Uncharted Waters: Primary Sarcomatoid Urothelial Carcinoma of Ureter – An Exceptional Case Report, Medical Journal of Dr
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