A Shogi game for the Aleck 64 arcade system. In this, you challenge the computer in a shogi match. When it is your turn, a timer counts down – run out and you need to pay another credit. If you lose a match, you get a 30 second penalty and try again. Apart from the colourful background, the interface is basic, not showing you possible moves and bringing up a message if you place something in the wrong place.

There’s not a great deal of information online about this game, so I used the help of a Shogi website to help win a match. Unlike other Aleck 64 games that have anime girls as your only opponents, this one seems to be more appropriate and you get a line of text and move on to your next opponent, each one seems to have their own board design. That said, things might change if you get through multiple matches.

You only start with 3 minutes of time per credit, which is really very little time at all. The Shogi AI itself is also the same one as in Strongest Habo Shohi, so this is essentially a more colourful version of that game.

Fine

Remake or remaster?

Better digital versions of Shogi exist.

Official ways to get the game.

There’s no official way to get Blitz Shogi 3