Battle Chess

Scrawffler 2009-09-21
(7/10)
Good times, good times. Classic chess with all the usual rules and whatnot, but accompanied with some very entertaining animations! I actually remember first teaching myself how to play chess with this game, just so I could see the pieces attack each other. Even when I was older I still had to admit the animations make it much more amusing. A good example of how presentation can enhance gameplay!
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Dirk_the_Daring 2006-10-02
(6/10)
Exactly the same game as the CDTV version. The only reason of a CD32 version is because the CDTV one is not a CD32 compatible title.
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Jim 2004-12-04
(3/10)
Over-rated chess game.

Why do people play chess? To look at nice graphics or to have a challenging game?

Whilst this game looked nice it's chess-playing was a bit shit to be honest.

And after seeing all the animations a few times, as with most proper players you were soon glad it had a 2D top-down version.

The game does deserve credit I suppose for introducing people to chess who might otherwise have avoided it.

To play retro-chess games is silly anyway, computer chess is always about calculations per second....
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