Tyrants: Fight Through Time

Released1991

PC-9800 Series
Sharp X68000
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Atari ST/STE
DOS
FM Towns
Amiga

About

First you choose one out of four different characters to represent you, Scarlet (red army), Oberon (yellow army), Caesar (green army), or Madcap (blue army). The game is split into 10 levels - the first 9 are groups of 3 territories which can be completed in any order, while the final 'Mother of All Battles' has its own surprises. Land is mostly of sand, grass or ice. You start with 100 men and you can use whatever quantity you find necessary on each island. The rest men left will go to another level with another new 100. In the second half of the game you can freeze men to save them for the Mother of All Battles. Once you select your island and place for your HQ, you must do some research for better weapons and defences. On the roof of your buildings you can put protectors like archers, gunmen, boiling oil men, and later on even laser turrets. If you send a team of unarmed men into an unoccupied square, they will build an additional base there, with larger armies completing this more quickly. Later on higher levels, you'll also build mines and factories, as you'll need to dig a certain material for higher level weapons, depending on whether the area you're on is rich with a certain material or not. With each next level, you'll start from a higher technology level and be able to progress to one higher level up than at the previous level

Developer: Sensible Software
Publisher: Image Works, Imagineer, Virgin Games, CSK Research Institute, Tec Toy
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Themes: Historical, 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
Modes: Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating: 80 / 100 (18 ratings)
Also known as: Tyrants: Fight Through Time, MegaLoMania, MegaLoMania: Jikuu Daisenryaku, Mega-lo-Mania

Release dates

Release dates by platform
Platform	Release
Amiga	1991
Atari ST/STE	1991
DOS	1992 · EuropeDecember 1993 · Brazil
FM Towns	March 1993
PC-9800 Series	Mar 19, 1993
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis	Sep 16, 1992 · Brazil1992 · EuropeApr 23, 1993 · Japan
Sharp X68000	Mar 19, 1993
Super Nintendo Entertainment System	Jul 23, 1993 · Japan1993 · Europe