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The world's most popular board game is now playable on the world's most popular hand-held games machine. It's a pretty safe bet that more or less everyone has played Monopoly at least once in their lifetime, and if they liked the board game, they'll love Konami's Game Boy version.

For those who don't now, Monopoly is essentially a game of property trading. Up to four players can take part (whether a 'real' person or a computer-controlled opponent), and they each move around the board - the number of squares determined by the roll of the computer dice, buying up property as they go.

Perhaps surprisingly, Monopoly is well-suited to the Game Boy format, and it proves to be a highly entertaining after prolonged play. There are different modes of play which add value to the package. For instance, you can choose from a variety of timed games, from fifteen minutes through to an unlimited time length.

Konami has done an honorable conversion of Monopoly, and it will be an interesting idea to see if it can also adapt the other Monopoly board games in this way (for example, Star Wars and World Cup Monopoly). Game Boy Monopoly comes highly recommended.