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Battle Chess

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Battle Chess

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Game Summary

Battle Chess was developed by Interplay as their first project after severing ties with Electronic Arts. They designed it for the Amiga in 1988, and it was released on the majority of the other systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s as well. It was widely successful, and resulted in two follow-ups, many copy-cat games, and a remake for Steam on PC. The only significant criticism the game received was the weak chess AI, as it was not until the mid 1990s that chess ai began to consistently win against strong opponents.


Archive Metadata

Developer Interplay
Publisher Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Genre Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Platform Acorn Archimedes, Amiga CD32, Apple IIGS, PC-9800 Series, Sharp X68000, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Atari ST/STE, PC (Microsoft Windows), 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Commodore CDTV, DOS, FM Towns, Amiga, Apple II
Initial Release October 1, 1988
IGDB Catalog ID #2603

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