Kichikuou Rance

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English title	Kichikuou Rance
Japanese title	鬼畜王ランス
Romanization	kichikuouransu
Brand	Alice Soft
Release date	1996/12/19
Genre / Rating	Conquest SLG / 18+
Price (￥)	8500 (buy from outside Japan)
Ver. / System	1.0 / System 3.5
OS	Windows 95
DirectX	not needed
CPU	Pentium 100MHz
HDD / Ram	60 MB / 16 MB
Media	CD-ROM
Video	{{{video}}}
Sound	CD, WAVE
Voice	none
Serial	ALS-0023
JAN code	T4988650-600176

• Regular edition released on April 4th, 1997

[edit] The Title

The title literally translates into "Sadistic King Rance". Some places translate the title as "Ghost" or "Ghost Rance", because the first kanji character in "Kichikuou (Sadistic King)" means "Ghost" in chinese. Also, because it was released after Rance 4, some english sites/forums calls this game "Rance 5", which at times gets confused with the real Rance 5D.

[edit] Basic Story

This game is not part of the official Rance universe timeline, forking off after the events of Rance 4.2, as a "What if" episode.

The prelude starts with Rance leading a band of bandits in rural Helman Empire. The Imperial Patrol crushed his band with overwhelming force, and captured his slave, Sill. Rance fled to the borders of Leazas where he was rescued by Kanami, personal ninja of Lia, queen of Leazas.

Eager to take revenge upon Helman and rescue his slave Sill, Rance agreed to marry Lia. As the new king of of Leazas, Rance set his first step on a path that eventually leads to world domination, or death.

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