Battle Chess
- Genres
- Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Card & Board Game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows) · DOS · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Amiga · 3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Atari ST/STE · Apple II · Amiga CD32 · Apple IIGS · Acorn Archimedes · FM Towns · Sharp X68000 · PC-9800 Series · Commodore CDTV
- Release
- Amiga Oct 1988 Exact Amiga Q4 1988 Quarter only DOS Jan 1989 Exact Atari ST/STE Jun 1989 Exact Atari ST/STE Q3 1989 Quarter only Apple IIGS Oct 1989 Exact Commodore C64/128/MAX Nov 1989 Exact Sharp X68000 Dec 10, 1989 Commodore C64/128/MAX Q4 1989 Quarter only PC-9800 Series Jun 21, 1990 Apple II 1990 Month only FM Towns 1990 Month only FM Towns Sep 01, 1991 PC (Microsoft Windows) 1991 Month only Commodore CDTV 1992 Month only Acorn Archimedes 1993 Month only DOS 1993 Month only 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Sep 16, 1994 3DO Interactive Multiplayer Sep 16, 1994 Amiga CD32 1994 Month only 3DO Interactive Multiplayer 1994 Month only PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 20, 2017
- Credits
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EA
Electronic Arts
KS
Krisalis Software
P
Pack-In-Video
GE
GameTap Entertainment
FI
Fujitsu Interactive
DM
Dice Multi Media Europe
I
Interplay
AS
Almathera Systems
- Board status
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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.
