TLG-17 · WEB · Recovered Shelf II
ICHIBA
Free browser arcade game — play instantly, no download.
- Free
- Browser
- No download
- Mobile
What is ICHIBA?
ICHIBA is a free browser arcade game set in a pixel-art Japanese grocery. A shopping list names a few goods, the clock starts, and you find and tap each item on the shelves before time runs out. Grab the wrong thing and you lose four seconds, so the game is about reading the shelf quickly and trusting your eye. Lists get longer and the shelves get busier as your score climbs. ICHIBA, written 市場 and meaning market, is catalogued as TLG-17 on Shelf II of The Lost Games and plays on desktop or mobile.
There is nothing to learn beyond the rule on the cassette: click a good to take it, match the shopping list, and a wrong grab costs four seconds. That simplicity is the point. ICHIBA is a reflex-and-recognition game, and your best score is the only progression it needs.
Because the entire game is tapping items, it plays identically with a mouse or a finger, and the arcade's sound toggle is handled by ICHIBA's own in-game button. The pixel-art shelves are drawn to look like a real neighbourhood market, list by list.
How do you play ICHIBA?
Controls
- Click or tap a good to take it
- Match every item on the shopping list
- A wrong grab costs four seconds
Cassette tips
- A shopping list names a few goods from the shelf.
- Tap or click a good to drop it in the basket.
- A wrong grab costs four seconds; finishing a list buys eight back.
- Every list is longer than the last.
How do you play ICHIBA?
Read the shopping list, then click or tap the matching goods on the shelves before the clock runs out. Every wrong grab costs four seconds, so look before you tap.
Is ICHIBA free?
Yes. ICHIBA is free to play in the browser at The Lost Games.
What does ICHIBA mean?
ICHIBA is the Japanese word for market, written 市場. The game is set in a pixel-art Japanese grocery.
