But if you are a chess guru you are probably not going to play this videogame, right? For the rest of us, this is a gem that it's still worth to play after 30 years - at least to enjoy the fantastic special effects.
The AI is capable of 30,000 opening moves, but apparently, real chess experts considered the AI of Battle Chess quite weak. You can play against a friend, or you can challenge the computer.
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The animators created eight disks full of material for the game, that needed to be packed into one single disk for the Amiga release. There are a lot of funny references, such as the scene where Indiana Jones gets rid of the swordsman in Raiders of the Lost Ark.įor every combination of pieces, there is a different choreography: 35 in total. When a piece is going to capture another piece, there is a short - and comical - combat scene, and after that, the captured piece disappears. If you have watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone you know what I'm talking about. The idea is brilliant but straightforward: take the classic chess game, but every time a piece is captured, show an animation. The ultimate chess software allowing you to play against Fritz or play online at Whether you are new to chess or a Grandmaster, Fritz Chess 14 Special Edition is suitable for all skill levels. Hilarious new cards, mind-bending rules, fierce multiplayer combat. From Excaliburs range of Strategy games, Fritz Chess 14 Special Edition is the benchmark by which all chess games are measured. The game was produced by Brian Fargo himself, founder of Interplay. Free limited edition gift with every purchase. It was followed by two sequels, Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess and Battle Chess 4000, and you can find references to this game in movies and other media. It was so successful that it had been ported to most platforms available, including MS-DOS, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Macintosh and many others. Battle Chess is a chess game created by Interplay initially for the Amiga and published in 1988.