User:Rotoryu/Hayauchi Super Igo

Rotoryu/Hayauchi Super Igo
Developer(s)	Home Data
Publisher(s)	Namco
Platform(s)	Family Computer
Release	March 3, 1989
Genre(s)	Virtual board game
Mode(s)	Single-player

Hayauchi Super Igo(Japanese: 早打ちスーパー囲碁) is a 1989 video game published in Japan by Namco Ltd.

Development

Hayauchi Super Igo is the first Go software for home video game consoles with a 19x19 Go board. The developer, Home Data, consulted with two university students in the development process. Due to the processing power limitations of 8-bit CPU, they abandoned reading moves in favor of a design that performs pattern recognition of stone shapes. Thus, the software was able to make moves within 5 seconds in most cases, despite the low performance of the 8-bit CPU.

Strength

The strength of Hayauchi Super Igo is estimated around 20k.

Gameplay

Hayauchi Super Igo has 3 modes.

Honinbo match

The computer has some handicap stones at the beginning of the game.

Ranking match

The player has some handicap stones at the beginning of the game.

Dojo

A free game with the computer.

See also

• Computer Go

References

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• 1989 video games
• Namco games
• Go engines
• Video games based on board games
• Video games developed in Japan
• Single-player video games