When did Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu release?

Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu was first released on June 24, 1994.

Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu

Jun 24, 1994StrategyWii Sega Mega Drive/GenesisPC-9801FM TownsSuper Nintendo Entertainment System

Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu on?: Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu was released on Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC-9801, FM Towns, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, Super Famicom.
When did Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu release?: Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu was first released on June 24, 1994.

About Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu

Lord Monarch is a 1991 strategy game for the NEC PC-98 by Falcom and the seventh main title in their Dragon Slayer series. Sega Falcom remade it for the Sega Mega Drive in 1994, this time called Lord Monarch: Tokoton Sentou Densetsu. This version was not released outside Japan. The object is to destroy all the camps and peasants of all the player's rival kingdoms under a strict time limit. Alliances can be formed near the beginning of the game to help the player. However, the alliance is only effective until the enemy alliance is defeated. Then the former allies declare war on each other. Victory through a cunning alliance is impossible because game rules dictate that there can only be one winner at the end of the game; that is why the two former allies need to go to war in order to claim the victory. Peasants have to do engineering tasks as well as military tasks. For example, bridges, monster-filled caves, and fences can be created or destroyed for the purposes of strategy. Peasants may also merge their units to become soldiers and eventually knights when there are enough units in that army.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC-9801, FM Towns, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation, Super Famicom
Developer: Nihon Falcom
Publisher: Nihon Falcom
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Fantasy

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1994	$78	$156	—	Medium

Also released on: Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · PC-9801 · FM Towns · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation · Super Famicom. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

$78

few sales

Complete

$156

few sales

Sealed

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What it needs to play

Some modesSave battery (inside the cartridge) — saves to memory kept alive by a battery inside the cartridge; if that battery has died, saves are lost (MAME cartridge records).

How often it sells

Loose: about once a year
Complete: about once a year
Sealed: rarely — fewer than one recorded sale a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $27 in Oct 2020, $95 five years ago, and $78 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2021	$58	$58
Jan 2022	$85	$95
Jan 2023	$85	$95
Jan 2024	$69	$105
Jan 2025	$72	$139
Jan 2026	$74	$136
Oct 2026	$78	$156

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Japan	24 June 1994	G-5534

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: JP
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Med

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereMedium counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A real-time strategy war game from Falcom's Dragon Slayer line, and a pricey Japan-only cart worth checking.

Lord Monarch is a real-time strategy war game, part of Falcom's Dragon Slayer series, that first appeared on the NEC PC-9801 in 1991 and reached the Super Famicom in 1992. Sega published the Mega Drive version in Japan on 24 June 1994, and it came out only in Japan. Sega Retro lists it as supporting the Sega Mouse and as using the six-button pad.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Mega Drive version limits diplomacy: the simple alliance system cannot be used once a match is five minutes in.

Unlike the Super Famicom version, the Mega Drive game does not pause so that the player can take unlimited time choosing a strategically advantageous ally.

Also on other platforms

PC-9801 · FM Towns · Super NES · Windows · PlayStation · Super Famicom

Super Famicom. The Super Famicom version adds themes such as futuristic robots, fast food and Three Kingdoms, pauses automatically until Start is pressed, and supports the Super Famicom mouse.
Super Famicom. A later Super Famicom version, BS Lord Monarch, was broadcast exclusively in Japan through Satellaview.

Before you buy

Among Japan-only carts this is on the dear side, above the middle, and it is a valuable enough cart to check carefully. Ask for a photo of the board. A Japanese Mega Drive cart has a notch on the left and ridged edges, and its cartridge is a different shape from a Western Genesis cart and fits a Western console only with an adapter or after removing two plastic tabs in the slot. The cartridge saves to a battery inside it, so check that a save holds; a replaced battery is a normal repair, not a sign of a fake.