When did Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 release?

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 was first released on December 21, 1991.

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45

Dec 21, 1991SimulatorStrategyPC-9800 SeriesSharp X68000PC-8800 SeriesSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 on?: Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 was released on PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-9801.
When did Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 release?: Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 was first released on December 21, 1991.

About Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45

The game is an historical simulation of the European and North African theaters of World War II. The game allows up to two players to role-play as Army commanders for either the Axis or Allied forces. This game emphasizes the military aspects of the war and leaves diplomacy to the politicians.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, PC-8800 Series, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, FM Towns, MSX, NEC PC-9801
Developer: Koei
Publisher: Koei
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Historical, Warfare

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	$16	$30	—	Low

Also released on: PC-9800 Series · Sharp X68000 · PC-8800 Series · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · DOS · FM Towns · MSX · NEC PC-9801. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$16

Complete

$30

Sealed

—

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Japanese release (Operation Europe)	$8	$22	—

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 month
Complete: about 2 times a month
Sealed: about once a year

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

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $9.43 in Oct 2007, $15.24 five years ago, and $16.38 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$11.58	—
Jan 2009	$8.29	—
Jan 2010	$3.49	—
Jan 2011	$5.95	—
Jan 2012	$5.49	—
Jan 2013	$9.84	—
Jan 2014	$8.00	$12.00
Jan 2015	$12.00	$15.23
Jan 2016	$9.99	$12.99
Jan 2017	$13.29	$19.99
Jan 2018	$10.14	$21
Jan 2019	$8.74	$17.31
Jan 2020	$12.53	$23
Jan 2021	$11.58	$21
Jan 2022	$14.74	$30
Jan 2023	$15.81	$28
Jan 2024	$16.75	$37
Jan 2025	$15.01	$34
Jan 2026	$17.21	$33
Oct 2026	$16.38	$30

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Barcode
North America	1994	—	040198000727
Japan	16 January 1993	T-76113	—

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+NA
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Low

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

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

A Koei Second World War strategy game for the Western front, for one or two players.

Operation Europe: Path to Victory 1939-45 is a turn-based strategy game from Koei, set in the Second World War in Europe and played by one or two players. It reached Japan on 16 January 1993 as Europa Sensen and North America in 1994. Electronic Games described it in April 1994 as an extension of Koei's PTO system to the Western front, with six scenarios.

GamePro's 1996 list of worthwhile 16-bit games with a World War II theme included the Genesis cart.

Also on other platforms

Super NES · MS-DOS · NEC PC-9801 · FM Towns

Super NES. GamePro applauded the Super NES version's intelligent AI and its six scenarios, which it said amount to six complete games on one cart.
MS-DOS. The MS-DOS version was released only in North America.

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits above the middle. The cartridge saves to a battery inside it, so test that a save holds; a replaced battery is a normal repair and not a sign of a fake. The Japanese cart (Europa Sensen) usually costs less than the US one, but its cartridge has a different shape and fits a Western console only with an adapter or after removing two plastic tabs in its slot.