Neo Geo Pocket Master of Syougi

Neo Geo Pocket Master of Syougi

anyone know anything about this jap game ?

Well, it's a Japanese Chess Sim Game. The rules are the same as American Chess, except you can bring your pieces back to the field somehow. I just sold it for 26$ mint on ebay.

About the only thing I know about it is that I have it tickled

I used to have it, I sold it quickly!

And to add it exitsts in both b/w and color version and is supports the link cable

capcomfan i just bought it

So is it just like a normal chess game? Can anyone give short description? I love chess but I don't want a game that's completely different.

No It's quite diffrent from chess, as I didn't no how to play it.

Helly:
And to add it exitsts in both b/w and color version and is supports the link cable

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No, it doesn't. Only a B&W NGP Jap version exists. Glad you did, rudekid! (that rhymed!)

I explained in my first post. It is Japanese Chess. Only one major different rule

Does only a B/W version really exist? But the one you had for auction said 'Color' in bold color letters on the bottom, and the NCSX version also says 'Color' on the box. I'm so confused...

No, there's definitely a color version. Aside from the the drawings of your opponents before the match, there's not really any color in it, though, just black and brown instead of black and white. Last time I checked, Game Choice Club still had copies for $12 each.

There's a number of differences, but like CapcomFanConverted mentioned, the only one that's really major is that you can put the pieces you've taken from your opponent back on the board (within certain limits) and use them for your side. There's also a couple different pieces (gold and silver generals instead of the queen and also the lances) and some pieces move veryly slightly differently. This all makes the game very easy to learn if you're familiar with chess, but it totally changes the sorts of strategies you'd use. I like shogi a bit more than chess actually.

Ah, thanks for the explanation. I got the black and white version and the character portraits actually kind of look better than those for the color version, but I know I'll want to get the color version as well at some point, if it has a hard clamshell and all ^_^