Saturday, 18th December 2021

DOS game spotlight: Battle Chess

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Chess is a niche genre in video gaming. There were lots of chess simulations: black and white very old games, licensed games from chess champions, etc. No one ever attempted to broaden the audience until Interplay published Battle Chess. I'm a chess fan (I barely remember the rules), but I played Battle Chess just to see every animation the game had to offer.

A sequel titled Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess was released in 1991. In 1992 year, a science fiction version called Battle Chess 4000 was released.

More info about Battle Chess:

Genres:
strategy, chess, turn-based strategy
System: DOS
Released in: 1988
Publisher: Interplay Productions
Developer: Interplay Productions
Themes: medieval
Keywords: turn based, based on a board game, isometric
Multiplayer modes: single-player, hotseat, modem, PvP (player VS player)
Awards won by Battle Chess: 1989 - Best Graphics Achievement in a Non-Graphics Product, CODiE Awards.
Input: keyboard, mouse, joystick
Distributed on: 3,5 floppy disk, 5,25 floppy disk
Also published for: Acorn 32-bit, Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, CDTV, C64, Macintosh, NES, PC-98, Sharp X68000, Windows 3.x

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