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Play Gemfire (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
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Play Gemfire online and rule Ishmeria. Develop provinces, manage food and troops, command fantasy units in tactical battles, and reunite the magical crown.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Gemfire
Quick start
Pick a scenario, number of players, ruling house and advisor. On the first turns, inspect each province and build a reserve of food, gold and soldiers before expanding; an army that cannot feed its troops is not ready for a long battle. Attack a neighboring province only after checking its ruler, troop count and possible fifth unit. On the field, move ranged units early, protect your base, and seek side or rear attacks with mobile troops. Each unit acts once per round. When your useful orders are complete, press B between unit orders and choose Done rather than exposing troops through unnecessary movement.
Controls
Control Pad: move the map cursor, choose provinces, commands, units and destinations. For exact number entry, Left/Right selects a digit and Up/Down changes it. A: confirm a selection or number, select a unit, destination or battle command. B: cancel or revise a choice; between battlefield orders it opens the war-options menu for Done, Retreat, Auto Mode and battle-animation settings. SELECT: open the interruption menu for Save, Load, message speed and quitting. START: skip the opening sequence. Either controller may be used, including in two-player games.
Gemfire — About this game
Gemfire is a turn-based fantasy strategy game set on the divided island of Ishmeria. After selecting a scenario and one of the available noble houses, you issue one order per province each month, balancing domestic development, diplomacy, recruitment, troop movement and war. Battles move to a separate field where infantry, cavalry and archers maneuver around terrain and fences; attacks from a flank or rear inflict more damage than a frontal assault. A gem wizard, hired monster or specialist mercenary can occupy the powerful fifth-unit slot and change the balance of a campaign. Victory requires bringing the six scattered gems back to the red-jeweled crown and taking every one of Ishmeria's 30 provinces.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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