Koei has recreated warfare in the time of the hegemon Nobunaga, and Taito has been making Samurai games since the early 1980s. Over the last two decades game players have relived the naval battles of World War II and the dogfights of World War I.

We've even seen Stone Age struggles and futuristic conquests. What's left?

"Age of Mythology," a new game for PC computers from Microsoft, may have the answer -- divine war.