Software:Master of Syougi

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Short description: 1995 video game

Master of Syougi
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)ADK
Publisher(s)SNK
Producer(s)Kazuo Arai
Kenichi Sakanishi
Designer(s)Tomohiko Ishida
Programmer(s)Eiji Fukatsu
Junpei Morita
Masaaki Gonohe
Artist(s)Yukari Shinozaki
Composer(s)Hideki Yamamoto
Keiichiro Segawa
Takao Oshima
Platform(s)Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Neo Geo CD, Neo Geo Pocket, Neo Geo Pocket Color
Release
Genre(s)Board game
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. is a 1995 shogi video game developed by ADK and published by SNK for the Neo Geo arcade and home platforms.[1] It was 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.

Hamster Corporation re-released the game as part of their ACA Neo Geo series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in April 2026, the first SNK title to be released in the series since its retirement in 2019.[2]

Gameplay

Neo Geo version screenshot.

Master of Syougi 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.

Reception

Reception
Review score
PublicationScore
Neo Geo Freak(Arcade) 9/20[3]

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.[4]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Title Catalogue - NEOGEO MUSEUM". SNK Playmore. http://neogeomuseum.snk-corp.co.jp/english/catalogue/. Retrieved 2020-01-09. 
  2. ↑ Yarwood, Jack (2026-04-01). "It May Be April Fool's Day, But This Week's Arcade Archives Release Is No Joke" (in en-US). https://www.timeextension.com/news/2026/04/it-may-be-april-fools-day-but-this-weeks-arcade-archives-release-is-no-joke. 
  3. ↑ "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 (Geibunsha) (25): 124–128. June 1997. https://archive.org/stream/neogeofreak0025#page/n130/mode/1up. 
  4. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - TVゲーム機ーソフトウェア (Video Game Software)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (506): 25. 1 November 1995.