Battle Chess (1988)
3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Acorn Archimedes · Amiga · Amiga CD32 · Apple II · Apple IIGS · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Commodore CDTV · DOS · FM Towns · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PC-9800 Series · Sharp X68000
3.17 from 108 ratings
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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 …
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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.
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Details
- Developers
- Interplay
- Publishers
- Dice Multi Media Europe, Electronic Arts, Fujitsu Interactive, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software, Pack-In-Video
- Genres
- Card & Board Game, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
- Themes
- Fantasy, Historical
- Series
- Battle Chess
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Oct 1988 (North_America) Amiga
- Q4 1988 (Europe) Amiga
- Jan 1989 (North_America) DOS
- Jun 1989 (North_America) Atari ST/STE
- Q3 1989 (Europe) Atari ST/STE
- Oct 1989 (North_America) Apple IIGS
- Nov 1989 (North_America) Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Dec 10, 1989 (Japan) Sharp X68000
- Q4 1989 (Europe) Commodore C64/128/MAX
- Jun 21, 1990 (Japan) PC-9800 Series
- 1990 (North_America) Apple II
- 1990 (Europe) FM Towns
- Sep 01, 1991 (Japan) FM Towns
- 1991 (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
- 1992 (North_America) Commodore CDTV
- 1993 (Europe) Acorn Archimedes, DOS
- Sep 16, 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- Sep 16, 1994 (Full Release) (North_America) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- 1994 (Full Release) (Europe) 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
- 1994 (Europe) Amiga CD32
- Apr 20, 2017 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)
Also available on
- Battle Chess (1990) · NES
- Battle Chess Enhanced (1991) · 3DO, DOS, FMT, MAC, PC
- Battle Chess (1991) · MAC
Related
Bundled in
- Interplay's 10 Year Anthology: Classic Collection (Dec 1993) · DOS, PC
- 3DO Maniac Pack (Dec 1995) · 3DO
- Battle Chess: Special Edition (Oct 2008) · LIN, MAC, PC
- Interplay Collection 1 (Jun 2020) · EVER
- The A500 Mini (Apr 2022) · Plug & Play
Remakes
- Battle Chess: Game of Kings (Dec 2015) · PC
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Rating distribution
5 stars
7
4 stars
32
3 stars
47
2 stars
14
1 star
7
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