MASTER OF MONSTERS III SOFTWARE
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Other than the existence of the Master character and magic in the game, the gameplay is very similar to System Soft's more hardcore modern warfare strategic wargame series Daisenryaku, with the exception that some versions of the Master of Monsters (such as Master of Monsters - Final) series allow equippable items, weapons and armor. The focus of the game is strategic, despite the fantasy-type characters that might imply an RPG element. Other notable features involved the large variety of monsters, upgrading ('leveling up') of veteran units, and perhaps most importantly, the control of a 'Master' character who, if killed, can end the game for that player. Moves are based on a hexagonal board structure, such that every tile on the board is adjacent to six other tiles. Gameplay involves the player (or multiple players) summoning and moving monsters around a board in order to capture towers and eventually defeat the computer or human controlled opponents.

There was also a spin-off of the game targeted towards the younger audience titled Masumon Kids, and there is now a cell-phone based version of the game available for the popular cell phone game market in Japan. Available for Japanese language Windows-based systems, the remakes include マスターオブモンスターズIII Special Edition, マスターオブモンスターズ4 ～光と闇の争覇～, Master of Monsters Value Edition (the original game, updated and with expansion packs added in), and 真・マスターオブモンスターズ Final. Two more sequels (3 and 4) were made for Japanese Windows and harken back to the deep strategic gameplay of the NEC PC9801 versions (as opposed to the more casual Genesis and Playstation versions).

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Today, System Soft Alpha has returned the game to its strategy-based roots, and the 2 titles (I, and 'Final' - but not II) in the Master of Monsters series as originally popularized on the NEC 9801 PC were updated by System Soft Alpha with new graphics and gameplay features. Its success in the US market on the Sega Genesis proved sufficient for a sequel on the Saturn, an anime art-style enhanced Playstation version titled 'Disciples of Gaia' with a Japanese RPG feel. While it never garnered the same success as its System Soft stablemate Daisenryaku, the game has garnered a loyal following over the years.

MASTER OF MONSTERS III SOFTWARE

Master of Monsters is a turn-based strategy game created by Japanese software developer System Soft (now System Soft Alpha) for the MSX and NEC PC8801 later ported to a variety of consoles and PCs including the PC Engine, NEC PC9801, Sega Mega Drive (Genesis), Sega Saturn and Playstation.

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