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Play Shingen the Ruler (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
Takeda Shingen 2
Play the Japanese Famicom Takeda Shingen 2 online. Build your domain, balance rice and recruitment, and direct turn-based battles with cavalry, archers and riflemen.
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 Shingen the Ruler
Quick start
Press START to begin a new game; use the Control Pad to choose items and A to confirm. Check your territory's rice, money and troops before issuing orders. Develop farms or assist the population so recruitment has an economy behind it, and avoid selling away the rice needed to march. When you choose to fight manually, distribute the troops among units and press START to accept the deployment. Select friendly units to issue orders, watch enemy ranges and keep headquarters protected. Use the in-game Save command when you want to record the campaign.
Controls
Control Pad: select commands, units and destinations; when entering numbers, Up/Down change the value and Left/Right select the digit. A: confirm; in battle, select friendly-unit commands or inspect an enemy unit. B: cancel. SELECT: cycle territory parameters during domestic management, or show both armies' total strength in battle. START: begin the game, confirm troop distribution, or move the battle cursor to a unit that can still move.
Shingen the Ruler — About this game
Takeda Shingen 2 is the Japanese Famicom release of the strategy game known in North America as Shingen the Ruler. Shingen the Ruler puts you in charge of Takeda Shingen's domain and its future under his heir. Territory management is the foundation of the campaign: develop farmland, support the population and balance rice, money and recruitment before committing an army. Weapons turn infantry into specialized forces, giving cavalry, archers and riflemen different uses in battle. You can let battles resolve automatically or distribute your troops and direct units yourself, using movement and range while protecting headquarters. Losing that key force can cost the engagement even when other soldiers remain. Expansion therefore involves more than winning a single fight: each new territory needs management, supplies and a plan for the next advance.
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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