Dynasty Wars

1989 (12/31/1989)

Dynasty Wars, released in Japan as Tenchi o Kurau (Japanese: 天地を喰らう, Hepburn: lit. The Devouring of Heaven and Earth), is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up arcade game released in 1989 by Capcom, based on a Japanese manga Tenchi wo Kurau and a reenactment of the battle between the Kingdom of Shu and the Yellow Turban rebels. Each of the two players can assume the roles of one of the four Chinese generals riding on horseback from the Three Kingdoms period in an attempt to smash the rebellion.