Battle Chess

About the game

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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Time to beat

3 h 24 minAverage completion time
1 h 20 minMain
4 h 57 minMain + Sides
18 h 7 minCompletionist

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Genres
Strategy • Turn-Based Strategy • Card & Board
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Third person • Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

Amiga

1988

Atari-ST

1989-09-30

Apple IIGS

1989-10-01

Sharp X68000

1989-12-10

C64

1989

PC-9800 Series

1990-06-21

Apple][

1990

FM Towns

1991-09-01

Commodore CDTV

1992

Acorn Archimedes • DOS

1993

Amiga CD32 • 3DO

1994

PC

2017-04-20
Developers
Interplay
Publishers
Fujitsu Interactive • Pack-In-Video • Electronic Arts • Dice Multi Media Europe • GameTap Entertainment • Krisalis Software
Other companies
Almathera Systems • Krisalis Software
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Description

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.

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.

Details

Genres
Strategy • Turn-Based Strategy • Card & Board
Game Modes
Single player • Multiplayer
Player Perspective
Third person • Bird view / Isometric
Platforms and release dates

Amiga

1988

Atari-ST

1989-09-30

Apple IIGS

1989-10-01

Sharp X68000

1989-12-10

C64

1989

PC-9800 Series

1990-06-21

Apple][

1990

FM Towns

1991-09-01

Commodore CDTV

1992

Acorn Archimedes • DOS

1993

Amiga CD32 • 3DO

1994

PC

2017-04-20
Developers
Interplay
Publishers
Fujitsu Interactive • Pack-In-Video • Electronic Arts • Dice Multi Media Europe • GameTap Entertainment • Krisalis Software
Other companies
Almathera Systems • Krisalis Software