Overall, Battle Chess is an excellent game to get individuals interested in the game of Chess. The Battle Chess series has won several awards, such as the PC Journal's Editor Choice Award, Multimedia Worlds Reader's Choice Award, and Kids & Computers Best 1992 Computer Game.īattle Chess 4000 is based on the original Battle Chess series, but based in a futuristic setting with new 3D animated characters that contain over 125,000 different moves.īattle Chess 2: Chinese Chess, released in 1989, brings Western Chess to the home PC and provides new and unique elements, such as cannons, chariots, dragons, and other new elements. However, what makes this game entertaining and unique from any other chess game is the movement and battle of the pieces. In the original and popular Battle Chess game, you have the capability of playing a human or computer opponent. If you want a trip down nostalgia, or, explore the retro world of 1980s computer gaming, it's well worth the price.Battle Chess, released in 1988 for the PC and Commodore 64 and in 1993 for Apple/Macintosh, is a chess classic and continues to be a chess classic in computer gaming. However, the hilarious animations make up for it, at least, for a single game. Plan your attacks carefully to defeat your adversary.
Experience exciting knight battles that will keep you on your toes. Solve amazing puzzles and merge your knights while preventing your enemy from doing the same. The pseudo-3D isometric view made it quite hard to play, especially when a lot of pieces were still on the board. Battle Chess is an engaging puzzle game that requires strategic thinking to outwit your opponent. In my game against Battle Chess, we went down the Vienna Game Main Line.
For example, if you are a bishop, you can only cast a Magic. However, there is a charm and nostalgia to the original version, which could fit on a single double-sided 3.5" floppy disk! The DOS version of the game can still be bought from the Good Old Games store, which comes packaged with an installer with Dosbox such that it'll work without much fuss on modern operating systems. Battle Chess You can only attack, or target, an enemy piece that is in your pieces attack arc.
There was an "enhanced" version of Battle Chess released on CD-ROM that included better graphics and animations, and much better audio. I was never able to defeat Battle Chess as a kid, but I must admit that I don't think I was trying very hard either - I was mostly just playing for the animations! Battle Chess by Interplay is one of the most iconic chess programs ever released! As a boy, I was completely blown away by the animations of the chess pieces slaying each other on screen and I suspect that some of the visual imagery that I have in my mind in games of chess may have been influenced by my experiences when young.
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