Sengoku Rance

The story takes place during the 4th Sengoku (warring states) era of Japan, an area of the Rance World which parodies medieval real-world Japan.
Sengoku Rance picks up where Rance 6 left off. Rance, after saving the nation of Zeth from destruction, ran away so he won’t have to marry the princess. He and Sill ended up in Japan for a hotspring trip, upsetting the power balance of Japan, and sets the unification of its provinces in motion. Meanwhile, an ancient evil power stirs from its slumber…
Meet the alternate reality versions of Oda Nobunaga, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Shingen, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Mori Motonari, One Eyed Masamune, Hojo Soun, Sakamoto Ryouma, Yamamoto Isoroku, Saint Francis Xavier, and many more famous Japanese historical figures in the world of Rance!

308 comments

gaway05 Jul 2011Reply

wow this august they will release rance 8 in Japan. This game is even older than me.

StaticTY14 Jul 2011Reply

Im trying to download the part right now of fileserve but it wont let me. i click the slow download and it brings me to a new page and it says it cant connect. WHen i click download using fileserver manager, it makes e download the manager again and again and not get the file..... PLZ help me

StaticTY16 Jul 2011Reply

Can someone tell me how to put together the game, Like i finally downloaded all the parts and i know i have to extract them but what now??? Can someone tell me PLZ

ravchen20 Jul 2011Reply

great game!!! a must play game, pretty hard but its worth it. took me a while to finish all routes and complete the cg. defeated also the snake thats causing earthquake in japan.

Just Want to Play05 Aug 2011Reply

Not sure if this is still an issue for people, but if you're going past the little intro screen and then having the game hangup, install AppLocale and run the game with that. I was having the same issue until I did this and it seems to have resolved everything.

Ray-Ray07 Aug 2011Reply

Can anyone help me with game problem i'm having same problem as everyone earlier when after intro ends there is a warning that comes up in japanese and i cant understand the text so I could fix problem? Also my computer locale is already on Japan

Ray-Ray14 Aug 2011Reply

Sorry to ask same question twice but I'm still having the same problem does anyone know what I need to do to get the game to start properly?

Ray-Ray14 Aug 2011Reply

Wow I feel dumb never mind I just figured out what the problem was.... if anyone else have the same problem as i previously had you just have to mount the game every time before you play it. Well I hope that'll help out some people who needs help with that problem

Eltra19 Aug 2011Reply

Hi admin thx fo the greit job but coud u passible to uploud the previus series of rance!

Ps. sorry for my bad witting!

WaningSoul20 Aug 2011Reply

Pretty cool game :D. Anyone else notice the Triforce :D

Anon20 Aug 2011Reply

Why is this version of Rance so huge?

Other versions I've seen are like ~1.5GB

KMK21 Aug 2011Reply

2 questions: 1) If I combine the downloads from the 2 mirrors to speed up the dl process (part 1 fileserve, parts 2 and 3 filesonic, etc) will the game work properly?
2) The description says the game is a Sequel to Rance 6. WTH is that, and are there Rance 1-5 parts that i should play/watch before even that to have some ideea of who the caracters are? Or can I just jump in and play this directly, without bothering to loog for the 6 prequels?

admin21 Aug 2011Reply

1)Yes. Filesonic and Fileserve both contain the same set of files. It doesn't matter which mirror you download from.
2)This is 7th title in the series, but they are very loosely connected - you can play this one without earlier ones before.

KMK21 Aug 2011Reply

okay thanks for answering my questions, admin.I'll start playing this as soon as I finish Castle Fantasia. And keep up adding more games with RTS/TBS/ other minigames in them. Not to say I don't like classic VN's (Yuki Sakura and Fate/Stay Night were awesome), but the minigames make things more interesting (Princess Waltz was quite fun with that little card game, and the fighting in Tears to Tiara was the best, but the tactical choices for fights in Koihime Musou weren't a bad minigame either).

Pogo25 Aug 2011Reply

Idk if it is just me... but it seems like the part 7 rar's file is corrupted... it dun work :(

admin26 Aug 2011Reply

Yes, it's just you. Redownload that part.

Eanie30 Aug 2011Reply

Do I have to watch the opening every time I start the game? I can't seem to skip it.

Arandur31 Aug 2011Reply

I Hope somebody can help me. I have this Problem with this Game and Utawarerumono ( Also downloadet from here ). Both Games are Working. But in Both Games i have the "Intro Bug". Game starts, Intro starts, you hear the Sound and Music from the Intro but the Screen shows only Black. After the Intros are finished, the Menue pops up and Game works Fine. I know this is a minor Problem but i would be Happy if this Case was solved.
And yes i tried to load the Video Files of both games Manually in external players like Media Player Classic or Video Lan Player. An in BOTH Players the Videos are fine and playing normally. So ists not a codec Isssue.

Sengoku Rance with English Translation Patch 1.01
After Using AppLocale Once to get over the the Start Bug after the Mini Intro/Logo it starts now without it.
Not played Yet but it starts, and goes to the Menue.
Problem with the Setting, only 800*600 seems to work.
Everytime i Try to set another Resolution and click on okay, it resets to the 800*600 reoslution for Fullscreen.

Utawareumono with English Translation Patch 1.01 and Voice Patch 0.4.
Working Fine with the Workaround ( Setting Windows to 800*600 16 bit and Running Game in Window Mode because of the Super Speed Bug with 32 bit and Fullscreen ) Also Bug Crashing everytime you save.
Only One Crash during Normal Gameplay. Game almost finished, 95% of CG and ALL Scenes Unlocked so far.

Both Games Installed via the English Patches and not from Disk itself.

For Both Games and the Bugs tryed Running as Administrator, and with Compatible Modes 95 / 98 / XPSP2 / XPSP3.
Not working antyhing of it.

System:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.
CCCP Codec Pack 30.07.2011
Summary:
Games working
Videos working in external Players
Videos NOT Working in the Games.

admin31 Aug 2011Reply

I have no idea why it doesn't want to load for you - you have codecs installed and done everything that might have solved the problem.
If you want to see Utawarerumono opening movie you can do it at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVxvM219lW8

Arandur31 Aug 2011Reply

As i said, outside of the Games the Videos working in any Player like VLC or MPC. I'm out of ideas to get them working in the Games. Are there more Videos for Both Games like ingame or Endings ? When not okay then i must Life with this.

And any Ideas why i cannot Change Resolution for Sengoku Rance ? I'm Using the ingame Options for Fullsceen. Theres a Huge List of Resolutions for Direct Draw, but nothing else but 800*600*32 is working. Nothing changes after clicking ok and the Option resets to that Resolution. ( Desktop runs at 1280*1024*32 )

krocolatos08 Sep 2011Reply

weird, i also have same problem that the game crash everytime i try to save (this game and utawarerumono) but the video works for me. maybe you can try set your system locale to japanesse and not using applocale.

as for the game Crashing everytime you save, just live with it :D.
i only save when i want to stop playing anyway.

gnarf21 Dec 2011Reply

Hi,

I had same problem on save files. I had to change the rights of the directory of save games. In fact by default the program couldn't write in it.

Perhaps it is the same for you.

Best regards,

stigma03 Sep 2011Reply

does it work on 64bit? well its not my problem it works on me i have only 32bit

blarg25 Dec 2011Reply

try downloading gom media player. then finding the videos in the games folder and making gom the default video player for that file type. that is what i did when tears to tiara wouldnt play the videos

aaron02 Sep 2011Reply

yo admin, will you post remake of rance 2 here?

Anon12 Sep 2011Reply

Hey Admin, I cant seem to mount the MDS file for the game. I even used Daemon Tools. Any suggestions?

ranga12 Sep 2011Reply

i mounted the zip file and then executed the language patch but the it is not translated into english

Maćko12 Sep 2011Reply

I on the other Hand, I had my game crashing during installation. It says that the GAMEDATA\movie\????.alm something is corrupt and it's going to be aborted. Somebody had this problem and dealt with it?

ashley15 Sep 2011Reply

i am having same issue as Maćko
trying to install on win 7 extracted iso
loaded with dameon tools and it starts then right at the starts gives me some bs game data error and shuts down

Alex10 Oct 2011Reply

same here

ranga13 Sep 2011Reply

I’m not sure what i done wrong but when i open the game it goes to a screen where a blonde loli swims past.
Then some warning pops up in jap and i cant read runes.
Did i do something wrong? help me out plz
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Maćko14 Sep 2011Reply

Now that I installed the game, now I have a much more different problem. Now, after the first movie that appears when you launch the game, something in gibberish appears and cannot play the game. Did somebody had this kind of problem?

Suiko16 Sep 2011Reply

How did you installed it? I've the same problem you had: the "GAMEDATA\movie\????.alm" one.

admin16 Sep 2011Reply

Make sure you have locale set to japanese before you begin installing. Aslo - don't use PowerISO - it can't handle japanese characters in filenames on images.

Suiko16 Sep 2011Reply

Thanks, that did it! ;) But now I've the same problem as Maćko again. XD After installing the game and the patch when I run the game some window pop-up and the game closes. :P (I feel like a completely noob)

admin16 Sep 2011Reply

"some window pop-up" isn't exactly descriptive...

Suiko16 Sep 2011Reply

Sorry, but I'm spanish and the words to describe to window just don't come to my mind. :P

Nevermind, I managed to make the first video run! Just launched the english patch with AppLocale. Now let's pray so the game runs perfectly. ;) (2 days trying to make the game run.....)

Alex10 Oct 2011Reply

I tryed that but it is still giving me a randome error.
Location is set to Japan
Using Deamon Tools
PLZ help

Blurpi02 Jan 2012Reply

how do i set my locale to japanese?

Maćko24 Sep 2011Reply

Use Applocate on it. Download it first, use it to install the game and then use it again to play it.

Risax06 Oct 2011Reply

I heard the newest Rance Quest was released in August, does anyone know if a group is working on translating it?

I know that rancetranslationproject.blogspot.com has released the english demo (haven't played it yet.) but I don't know if they are translating the full game.

hanabishi_0210 Oct 2011Reply

man.. i love this game.. thanks for uploading it:)... wondering when will u upload the rance quest..? (with english patch ofcourse..:))

Alex10 Oct 2011Reply

I have all 8 parts and used winrar to extract the ISO and MDS and tried to use Deamon Tools on both of them, every time it starts installing but quickly gives me a error. The wired thing is its always different, also Apploc doesn’t seem to affect it at all, plz help.

Risax11 Oct 2011Reply

A quick question, are there other games by Alicesoft that are just as good as Rance (or better) and if there are are they on this site?

raitou28 Oct 2011Reply

weird, when i download this game i though i will encounter some problem because there's so much complain but after i finish download all parts, it work perfectly. there's not even one problem i encounter.:)

OlivriaAthra01 Nov 2011Reply

Hello. ^^' I'm having an odd problem. I've set the system locale to japan and have installed the translation patch, while also downloading an ISO from a different site. I find that whatever I do, the error that comes after the Alicesoft logo with the girl, 'System 40 has experienced a problem' always comes, even with patch 1.01. Is it that I'm using the wrong game version? Or should I uninstall, download a version from this site, try 1.01 and try again?

kurt03 Nov 2011Reply

Yeah I have the same problem and I downloaded everything from this sites links has anyone figured out the problem ??

Alex06 Nov 2011Reply

Same thing happend to me, but i was using AppLocat plz help

Kelvin07 Mar 2012Reply

Same problem happened to me. But when I started the game, it showed the opening and everything, I clicked settings on the top left and made it full screen. Then it started working for me. Maybe you should try that. =p

necros04 Nov 2011Reply

if this game has full voice?