From: "ishius holonet net" ISHIUS COM> Date: 22 aug 1994 Subject: Re: Shogi Programs for PC >>Preferably I would like a Windows compatible game but a DOS >>game would be fine. I also have a Super Nintendo that I can >>play the Japanese games on if someone knows were to get one >>for it. > >At the moment, there is only "Shogi Master" for Western PCs, >sold by Ishi Press International. It is rated at 6-kyu and is I'd like to point out that the 6-kyu rating is based on several YEARS of tournament play against HUMAN players at the D.C. Shogi Club, and so is a very realistic rating. Shogi Master also plays quickly, even on its top level on a slow 286. >based on an older version of Kakinoki's program that came second >in the Computer Shogi Tournament, held last December in Tokyo. > >In March of this year Hiroki Kawada fhi-berlin mpg de> >reported that an IBM version of "Kiwame II" should hit the >market this August (that's now !). Kiwame II is the strongest >Shogi program in existence, supposedly 2-dan. Do you have any >news, Hiroki ? When Kakinoki's program came out, it was supposedly 2-kyu. Over estimating rank is a common marketing technique in Japan, where rank is important (Goliath, a GO playing program, is being marketing in Japan as a SHODAN, when it is probably 11-kyu). Based on my marketing experience, I'd say that Kiwame II is probably more like a real 2-kyu. > >Two years ago, Michael Mattock rand org> >reported a program called "Super Shogi." It works on the Super >Nintendo if you have an adaptor. I quote Michael: "I got it for >$92.00 at my local Yaohan Pony Toy Go Round; if you shop around >you should be able to get it for about $70.00 to $80.00. The >adaptor costs about $30.00." I got one for a customer, and he was disappointed. It was much weaker than Shogi Master. Always feel free to write me if you have any questions or comments. Anton Dovydaitis Customer Support P.S. Has anyone ever seen a Tori Shogi program? ========================================================================== Ishi Press International 408/944-9900 vc, 408/944--9110 FAX 76 Bonaventura Drive 800/859-2086 Toll Free Order Line San Jose, CA 95134 ishius ishius com (or @holonet.net)