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Pages in category "Video games set in the Ming dynasty" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Depiction of lamellar armour on the right and brigandine armour on the left, Ming dynasty - 1368 to 1644 . Protective clothing and armour have been used by armies from earliest recorded history; the King James Version of the Bible (Jeremiah 46:4) translates the Hebrew סריון, siryon [1] or שריון, śiryon "coat of mail" [2] as "brigandine".
By 1380, twelve years after the Ming dynasty's founding, the Ming army boasted around 130,000 gunners out of its 1.3 to 1.8 million strong army. At the outbreak of the Ming–Mong Mao War (1386–1388) , the Ming general Mu Ying was ordered to produce a couple thousand hand cannons . [ 21 ]
Brigandine armour was used during the Ming era and consisted of riveted plates covered with fabric. [78] Partial plate armour in the form of a cuirass sewn together with fabric is mentioned in the Wubei Yaolue, 1638. It is not known how common plate armour was during the Ming dynasty, and no other source mentions it. [79]
The Embroidered Uniform Guard (traditional Chinese: 錦衣衞; simplified Chinese: 锦衣卫; pinyin: Jǐnyīwèi; lit. 'brocade-clothing guard') was the imperial secret police that served the emperors of the Ming dynasty in China. [1] [2] The guard was founded by the Hongwu Emperor, founding emperor of Ming, in 1368 to serve as his personal ...
The heavy arquebus, which was then called a musket, was developed to better penetrate plate armor and appeared in Europe around 1521. [5] Heavy arquebuses mounted on war wagons were called arquebus à croc. [6] These carried a lead ball of about 100 grams (3.5 oz). [7]
The san yan chong (simplified Chinese: 三眼铳; traditional Chinese: 三眼銃; lit. 'three-eyes gun') was a three barrel hand cannon used in the Ming dynasty. [1] The distinctive san yan chong, or three eyed gun, was one of the most common Ming hand cannons. Three eyed guns were usually made from cast iron or crude steel, each of the three ...
This video game involves mini-games resembling the Old West (except for a moon level). [2] The objective is simple: shoot the red and white targets on the character's heads and watch your energy level. [2] It also includes a carnival-style game where you shoot glass bottles in a saloon. [2] The game uses the NES Zapper for controls.