Game Boy World, 019: Shogi ( Pony Canyon, 1989)

The third Japanonly Game Boy release, and the third based on a very Japanspecific pastime. Coincidence no. Shogi presents the classic Japanese counterpart to chess in about as strippeddown a format as possible, with barely adequate visuals, no music, and hilariously lethargic artificial intelligence. It does the job, but please don t lie awake at night weeping that we missed out on this one. You are going to be OK.