Battle Chess (1988)
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Publisher: Genre: Author(s): Musician(s): Minimum Memory Required: Maximum Players: Joysticks: Language: Media Code: Media Type: Country of Release: Related Titles: Other Files: Comments: | Electronic Arts Board Jayesh J. Patel, Michael Quarles, Troy P. Worrell, Todd J. Camasta, Bruce Schlickbernd, Brian Fargo Kurt Heiden 512K Yes Eng 3.5" Floppy disk USA, Europe Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess Battle Chess CDTV/CD Battle Chess Enhanced (CD-version) patch Published by Interplay in US | Click to choose platform: Atari ST Commodore Amiga IBM PC More from other publishers: Apple 2e Commodore 64 Nintendo NES |
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(Anonymous) (Unknown) 24th Nov 2010 08:45
Title BattleChess
Game Type Strategy
Players 1-2
HD Installable Yes
Compatibility All
Submission Isaac Abraham eyesy@usa.net
Review
A bog standard chess game, but for two major differences. Firstly, it has a
3D fantasy-style option. Here, when moving pieces, a little animation occurs
showing the pieces walking around. Similarly, when taking an opponent`s
piece, an animation showing a fight between the two pieces happens. It`s
good for about 10 minutes, then the novelty wears off, because you simply
lose your train of thought. So, switching back to the 2D mode, what else
does this game have to offer? It has 10 predefined levels, plus an option
for you to choose how long the computer has to think. Nothing out of the
ordinary here. There are Undo and Replay buttons, and the option to save
your game. Again, nothing fantastic. So it boils down to one other thing -
and this is easily the most important feature of any chess game - the chess
engine. I played it against three other chess games I have installed on my
HD - UChess, VChess, and Chess.
UChess is easily the most powerful chess game on the Amiga, with some
fantastic tactics and a particularly good strategy. It beat BattleChess
within 25 moves on most occasions, given the same amount of time (15 seconds)
VChess always won against BattleChess also, as did Chess, although they both
required more time. Basically, BattleChess is a cack chess player.
Unless you are easily impressed by fancy graphics, stick to the UChess -
it`s faster, about a billion time better, takes advantage of more memory and
faster processors better, and, incredibly, is free.
Game Type Strategy
Players 1-2
HD Installable Yes
Compatibility All
Submission Isaac Abraham eyesy@usa.net
Review
A bog standard chess game, but for two major differences. Firstly, it has a
3D fantasy-style option. Here, when moving pieces, a little animation occurs
showing the pieces walking around. Similarly, when taking an opponent`s
piece, an animation showing a fight between the two pieces happens. It`s
good for about 10 minutes, then the novelty wears off, because you simply
lose your train of thought. So, switching back to the 2D mode, what else
does this game have to offer? It has 10 predefined levels, plus an option
for you to choose how long the computer has to think. Nothing out of the
ordinary here. There are Undo and Replay buttons, and the option to save
your game. Again, nothing fantastic. So it boils down to one other thing -
and this is easily the most important feature of any chess game - the chess
engine. I played it against three other chess games I have installed on my
HD - UChess, VChess, and Chess.
UChess is easily the most powerful chess game on the Amiga, with some
fantastic tactics and a particularly good strategy. It beat BattleChess
within 25 moves on most occasions, given the same amount of time (15 seconds)
VChess always won against BattleChess also, as did Chess, although they both
required more time. Basically, BattleChess is a cack chess player.
Unless you are easily impressed by fancy graphics, stick to the UChess -
it`s faster, about a billion time better, takes advantage of more memory and
faster processors better, and, incredibly, is free.
Kasket Dark fyre (Unknown) 24th Mar 2013 08:14
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This title was first added on 23rd April 2007
This title was most recently updated on 17th February 2016