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Battle Chess Series

Battle Chess

Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Card & Board Game Fantasy Historical
71
User Score
61 ratings
Very Positive
102 reviews
October 1, 1988
Released 13721 days ago
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

About

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.

Storyline

The basic gameplay of Battle Chess remains true to the board game, with the added feature of unique battle animations for each capture. These animations varied for every combination of attack vs defender, making part of the enjoyment of Battle Chess in simply discovering the various animations.

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Release Dates by Platform

Amiga Worldwide
Oct 1, 1988
Amiga Worldwide
Dec 31, 1988
DOS Worldwide
Jan 1, 1989
Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Jun 1, 1989
Atari ST/STE Worldwide
Sep 30, 1989
Apple IIGS Worldwide
Oct 1, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Nov 1, 1989
Sharp X68000 Worldwide
Dec 10, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX Worldwide
Dec 31, 1989
PC-9800 Series Worldwide
Jun 21, 1990
FM Towns Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990
Apple II Worldwide
Dec 31, 1990
FM Towns Worldwide
Sep 1, 1991
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Dec 31, 1991
Commodore CDTV Worldwide
Dec 31, 1992
DOS Worldwide
Dec 31, 1993
Acorn Archimedes Worldwide
Dec 31, 1993
3DO Interactive Multiplayer Worldwide
Sep 16, 1994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer Worldwide
Sep 16, 1994
Amiga CD32 Worldwide
Dec 31, 1994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer Worldwide
Dec 31, 1994
PC (Microsoft Windows) Worldwide
Apr 20, 2017

Game Info

Developer
Interplay
Publisher
Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Game Modes
Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective
Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Genres
Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Card & Board Game
Themes
Fantasy Historical

Languages

Text / Subtitles
English

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