Master of Syougi[a] is a board arcade video game developed by ADK and originally published by SNK on September 28, 1995,[1] before being ported to the Neo Geo CD the same year. It was ported in a scaled-down version to the Neo Geo Pocket and later given improved graphics on the Neo Geo Pocket Color. The game was only released in Japan.

Gameplay

Neo Geo version screenshot.

Syougi no Tatsujin is a shogi (Japanese chess) game. In single player mode the player must compete against computerized opponents (represented by a digitized photograph) to win the tournament. In two player mode, each player competes against each another.

Development

Release

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Shōgi no Tatsujin: Master of Syougi as the twelfth most successful arcade game of October 1995, outperforming titles such as Voltage Fighter Gowcaizer.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: 将棋の達人, Hepburn: Shōgi no Tatsujin

References

  1. ↑ "Title Catalogue - NEOGEO MUSEUM". SNK Playmore. Archived from the original on August 28, 2018. Retrieved January 9, 2020.
  2. ↑ "NF編集部にまる - ネオジオゲームㇱインレビュー: 将棋の達人". Neo Geo Freak (in Japanese). No. 25. Geibunsha. June 1997. pp. 124–128.
  3. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 506. Amusement Press, Inc. November 1, 1995. p. 25.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Syougi