When did Taikou Risshiden release?

Taikou Risshiden was first released on March 13, 1992.

Taikou Risshiden

Mar 13, 1992Role-playing (RPG)PC-9800 SeriesWii Sega Mega Drive/GenesisPC (Microsoft Windows)FM Towns

Taikou Risshiden — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Taikou Risshiden on?: Taikou Risshiden was released on PC-9800 Series, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), FM Towns, Super Famicom.
When did Taikou Risshiden release?: Taikou Risshiden was first released on March 13, 1992.

About Taikou Risshiden

Taikou Risshiden is a Role-Playing game, published by Koei, which was released in Japan in 1993.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: PC-9800 Series, Wii, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, PC (Microsoft Windows), FM Towns, Super Famicom
Publisher: Koei
Game modes: Single player

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	1993	$9	$18	—	Low

Also released on: PC-9800 Series · Wii · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · PC (Microsoft Windows) · FM Towns · Super Famicom. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

few sales

Complete

$18

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 $7.00 in Jul 2021, $7.00 five years ago, and $8.50 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2022	$7.00	$14.00
Jan 2023	$6.15	$12.36
Jan 2024	$6.00	$12.00
Jan 2025	$8.59	$18.47
Jan 2026	$8.50	$18.47
Oct 2026	$8.50	$18.47

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number
Japan	28 May 1993	T-76123

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: 1993
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

Koei's Japan-only historical entry for the Mega Drive, a cheap cart with battery saves.

Taikō Risshiden is a Koei game that came out only in Japan, on 28 May 1993. The series began on the NEC PC-9801 in 1992 and then moved to the Super Famicom and the Mega Drive. The title roughly translates to the Taikō's success story, and its characters come from Japan's Momoyama period.

Before you buy

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. Among Japan-only carts it sits below the middle. The Japanese cartridge is a different shape from a Western one, so it will not fit a Western console without an adapter or removing two plastic tabs in the slot. The game is in Japanese.