Has anyone heard of the game Shogi?

jbeedham · Jul 11, 2001

Does anyone know anything about the game Shogi. I heard it is a chess game. Anyone know meg count or release date. It's not on the master list so I am curious .

rarehero · Jul 11, 2001

syougi is just a jp version of chess.
the rules are pretty similar but some of the
pieces are a bit different motions.
i have the NGP version (the bw one)
but the pieces are so hard to tell apart
that i rarely play it.
i dont know about the NEO home cart version of it though..
i think i heard that one was one of the
lowest meg count games some where...
i could be wrong though..
kinda cool if you get into it..

nick_th_fury · Jul 11, 2001

The Japanese Chess game your thinking of is named:

Master of Syougi

It's a mid 90's release, & It's 58 megs.
I own it, & am fairly fond of it.
So any questions feel free to ask & I'll do my best.

However, it's not Chess like your probably used to.
It's very different, & confusing at first.
So If your wanting a traditional western Chess game, This is not the game your looking for.

But if your looking for a new board game,
thats creative & different, it's your bag.

jbeedham · Jul 11, 2001

I think chess is cool so what makes this one different? Different rules or faster pace for like an arcade style game?

nick_th_fury · Jul 11, 2001

It's different rules, & Different pieces/moves.
It's not the same game, but very similar.

To understand Japanese play, heres a good Site that was recomended to me before I bought the game:
Shogi

I found that site to be very helpful.

nick_th_fury · Jul 11, 2001

A Japanese Board Layout:

As you can see, It's very different.

HagureMetal · Jul 11, 2001

I suck at Shogi...even 15years old children beats me, but Its fun to play anyway...

kj

RabbitTroop · Jul 11, 2001

I have Master of Shogi in my MVS right now... it is not a bad game at all, and the graphics are kinda cool. A nice board with digitized video clips of the people you are playing in the upper right hand corner. It is cool, especially the capture game, it is pretty fun in two player mode.

-Nick

Kazuya_UK · Jul 12, 2001

Masters of Syougi Review

The game is in Japanese btw, so it is a little tough to play. Anybody know a site where you can learn the rules of this game at all, because I'd like to know? <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

nick_th_fury · Jul 12, 2001

Anybody know a site where you can learn the rules of this game at all

This is the Best site I have found so far.
Rules of Japanese Chess

Kazuya_UK · Jul 12, 2001

Originally posted by nick_th_fury:
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This is the Best site I have found so far.
Rules of Japanese Chess</STRONG>

thanks I'll check it out - I musta not seen your post earlier on that mentioned that url... sorry <IMG SRC="smilies/smile.gif" border="0">

vincewy · Jul 16, 2001

The chess game (Japanese name Shoji No Tatsujin) came out on all format (Neo-Geo AES, CD, and MVS), I can play this game and know the rules, but, the computer AI is incredibly difficult (I shall say cheap), maybe because I'm not good at chess.

D.Zero · Jul 17, 2001

never play shogi before <IMG SRC="smilies/ohno.gif" border="0">

Has anyone heard of the game Shogi?

jbeedham

yeah he did that, ,

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