Uncharted Waters (video game)
1990 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.
| Uncharted Waters Daikoukai Jidai | |
|---|---|
 North American NES box art | |
| Developer | Koei |
| Publisher | Koei Tecmo Games |
| Composer | Yoko Kanno |
| Series | Rekoeition, Uncharted Waters |
| Platforms | PC-88, Macintosh, MS-DOS MSX, X68000, NES, Genesis, SNES |
| Release | May 1990: PC-88 1990: MS-DOS 1991: Mac, MSX, NES 1992: Genesis |
| Genre | Role-playing |
| Mode | Single-player |
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.[1]
Gameplay
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".[2] 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".[5]