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Battle Chess

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Genres
StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Card & Board Game
Themes
FantasyHistorical
Modes
Single playerMultiplayer
Perspective
Third personBird view / Isometric
Developer
Interplay
Publishers
Pack-In-Video, GameTap Entertainment, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, Krisalis Software, Fujitsu Interactive
Release dates
Platform Date
Amiga December 31, 1988
Atari ST/STE September 30, 1989
Apple IIGS October 01, 1989
Sharp X68000 December 10, 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX December 31, 1989
PC-9800 Series June 21, 1990
Apple II December 31, 1990
FM Towns September 01, 1991
Commodore CDTV December 31, 1992
Acorn Archimedes December 31, 1993
DOS December 31, 1993
3DO Interactive Multiplayer December 31, 1994
Amiga CD32 December 31, 1994
PC (Microsoft Windows) April 20, 2017

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.

Story

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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