Battle Chess

Battle Chess

1988 · Interplay

3.57 out of 5, 61 ratings

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.

Release date
October 1, 1988
Developer
Interplay
Publisher
Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Genres
StrategyTurn-based strategyCard & board game
Themes
FantasyHistorical

Media

Platforms

PC (Microsoft Windows)
Acorn Archimedes
Amiga CD32
Apple IIGS
PC-9800 Series
Sharp X68000
Commodore C64/128/MAX
Atari ST/STE
3DO Interactive Multiplayer
Commodore CDTV
DOS
FM Towns
Amiga
Apple II

Release dates

Amiga
North America · Oct 1, 1988
Amiga
Europe · Dec 31, 1988
DOS
North America · Jan 1, 1989

Languages

LanguagesAudioSubtitlesInterface
English (US)