Shogi, also known as Japanese chess, is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese Xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan. Shogi means general's.
The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century, and spread from China to Japan, where it spawned a number of variants. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while a direct ancestor without the "drop rule" was recorded from 1210 in a historical document Nichureki, which is an edited copy of Shochureki and Kaichureki from the late Heian period (ca 1120).
According to ChessVariants.com, "Perhaps the enduring popularity of Shogi can be attributed to its 'drop rule'; it was the first chess variant wherein captured pieces could be returned to the board to be used as one's own. David Pritchard credits the drop rule to the practice of 16th century mercenaries who switched loyalties when captured - no doubt as an alternative to execution."
Simple 2000 Honkaku Shikou vol.001 - The Shogi is a shogi game featuring different difficulty levels (From beginner to advanced), 8 different kind of opponents and different game modes, 2D & 3D boards, and 3 different locations. There are also a quiz mode with over 100 different shogi questions.
MANUFACTURER'S DESCRIPTION:
Shogi software equipped with the thinking routine Morita Kazuo programmer developed. It is equipped with was recorded to confront the professional go player of eight difficulty of five levels to choose from "free opposite station mode", "tournament mode", the problem of all the 100 questions, such as "life-and-death problem mode". You can by the functions of the CPU is going to learn, enjoy the sense of to be stronger the CPU more you opposite station.
FEATURES:
- First person perspective.
- 2D graphics
- Cartoon graphics
- Shogi theme.
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