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Video game · 1988

Battle Chess

Released October 1988 on Amiga, Mac, MS-DOS, Atari ST, Apple IIGS and 13 more

Developer
Interplay Entertainment
Publisher
Interplay Entertainment
Made in
Beverly Hills, United States
Genre
Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Card & Board Game
Themes
Fantasy, Historical
IGDB PLAYERS7161 ratings
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About Battle Chess

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.

Summary: IGDB.

Release dates

AmigaOctober 1988
MacOctober 1988
MS-DOSJanuary 1989
Atari STJune 1989
Apple IIGSOctober 1989
Commodore 64November 1989
X6800010 December 1989
Apple II1990
PC-9821 June 1990
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)July 1990
FM Towns1990
PC1991
Commodore CDTV1992
Acorn Archimedes1993
Amiga CD321994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer16 September 1994
CDTVlater, date unknown
Linuxlater, date unknown

Screenshots

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Videos

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Sources: Wikidata, IGDB, Wikipedia's release lists.