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Strategy / tactics

Battle Chess

by Interplay·published by Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts

198839
PCLinuxDOSWindowsAmigaNESAtari STCommodore 64Apple IIApple IIgs

Reader score

7.0/ 10

155 votes

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Gallery

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About

Battle Chess is a quite typical chess game, but it comes with a twist: all pieces are represented by small, realistic figures that walk around on the chessboard, and when one piece takes another, they both take part in an animated battle. There is a different animation for each permutation, depending on which pieces are capturing or being captured. You can also play in 2D without animation.

The game's opening library includes 30,000 different moves, ensuring a variety of games will unfold across the 10 skill levels.

Multi-player support can be extended to modem and/or serial port play.

Ways to play

Modes

Single playerMultiplayer

Perspective

Third personBird view / Isometric

Editions

Battle Chess: Special Edition

Included in

Battle Chess: Special EditionInterplay Collection 1The A500 Mini3DO Maniac Pack

Ported as

Battle ChessBattle Chess

Remade as

Remastered as

Languages

1 languages, with audio, subtitles and interface
Languageaudiosubtitlesinterface
English——

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Also known as

dosbox.exe — Windows Executable

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Facts

Developer

Interplay

Released

1988

Platforms

PCLinuxDOSWindowsAmigaNESAtari STCommodore 64Apple IIApple IIgsAmiga CD32MacCDTVPC-98Sharp X68000Acorn 32-bitAntstream

Standing

Top 13% by 24hr peak players

Tags

Top-downTurn-basedBoard gameChessFantasy