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Battle Chess (1988)

Battle Chess (1988)

Third person Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS) Bird view / Isometric Card & Board Game
PC (Microsoft Windows) DOS PC-9800 Series Amiga CD32 Apple IIGS FM Towns Acorn Archimedes Commodore C64/128/MAX Sharp X68000 Commodore CDTV
Release Date: 1988, October 1
Countries: United States of America
Publishers: Electronic Arts, Krisalis Software, Pack-In-Video, GameTap Entertainment, Fujitsu Interactive, Dice Multi Media Europe

Description:

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.

Keywords:

anthropomorphism death artificial intelligence difficulty level medieval turn-based tactical turn-based combat dark humor movie reference chessboard multiple protagonists finishing move pixel art royalty chess vore grid-based movement classic abstract retro