For 2,000 years did the peace brought to Bahamut by the royal line of Pholia last; but no more. The skies darken, the evil powers once banished return, calamities tear the land itself asunder – and the “Age of Darkness” is at hand. As the world crumbles, eight rulers raise armies and war amongst themselves to decide the fate of the continent. None can say when or how the Age of Darkness will end, but amidst the chaos, there is one certainty: that the conflict can be done only when one Master stands alone above them all…

Bahamut Senki is a 1991 turn-based strategy game by Sega for the Mega Drive. In it, up to four players take control of one of eight rulers in the fantasy realm of Bahamut, raise armies, and battle AI opponents and each other until one faction emerges victorious. It’s a very complex and advanced game for its time, featuring three rulesets of varying depth, adjustable difficulty, and three different levels of simulation: high-level political management, tactical battles (in both hex-based and simplified variants), and real-time action-based combat between individual units.

This is a complete translation of Bahamut Senki for the Mega Drive. Apart from translating the game itself, it also includes complete translations of its two user manuals, which are absolutely essential for understanding how to play; they have been reformatted as web pages and are included in the download, or can be viewed online on the patch’s support site:

Additionally included is information about several obscure secrets in the game, including a couple that were previously only documented in Japanese.

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