Othello & Taikyoku Renju retrospective: They Go together like… | Game Boy Works #031

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Published on May 27, 2015 4:39:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCpOkHjvhLw

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In February of 1990, Japanese Game Boy owners were treated to two curiously similar board game adaptations in a row: Kawada's portable rendition of Othello, and Towa Chiki's gomoku renju game Taikyoku Renju. Both can trace their origins back to the classic Japanese board game Go. This episode takes both in at once, pitting them head-to-head in a mighty struggle to the death. Or something like that.