Battle Chess

October 1, 1988 Interplay Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Card & Board Game
Acorn Archimedes Amiga CD32 Apple IIGS PC-9800 Series Sharp X68000 C64 Atari-ST PC 3DO Commodore CDTV DOS FM Towns Amiga Apple][
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.
Storyline

The basic gameplay of Battle Chess remains true to the board game, with the added feature of unique battle animations for each capture. These animations varied for every combination of attack vs defender, making part of the enjoyment of Battle Chess in simply discovering the various animations.
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Release Date October 1, 1988
Developer Interplay
Publisher Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective Third person, Bird view / Isometric
Themes Fantasy, Historical
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