Lord Monarch

Lord Monarch
Super Famicom cover art
DevelopersNihon Falcom
AIM (SNES)
PublisherEpoch Co., Ltd.
SeriesDragon Slayer
PlatformsPC-9801, FM Towns, Super Famicom, Mega Drive, Windows, PlayStation
Release
March 1991
  • PC-9801
    • JP: March 1991
    FM Towns
    • JP: November 1991
    Super Famicom
    • JP: October 9, 1992
    Mega Drive
    • JP: June 24, 1994
    PlayStation
    • JP: December 23, 1998
GenreReal-time strategy wargame
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Lord Monarch (ロードモナーク, Rōdo Monāku) is a real-time strategy war game by Nihon Falcom. The game is considered to be part of the Dragon Slayer series. It was originally released in 1991 for the NEC PC-9801, ported 1992 to the Super Famicom and 1994 to the Mega Drive. In 1997, it was remade for Windows as Lord Monarch Online and released for free in both Japanese, and for the first time, English. Lord Monarch is one of the 42 titles included in the Japanese version of the Mega Drive Mini.