Battle Chess 1988

Released: October 1988
Genres: Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Card & Board Game
Platforms: Acorn Archimedes · Amiga CD32 · Apple IIGS · PC-9800 Series · Sharp X68000 · Commodore C64/128/MAX · Atari ST/STE · PC · 3DO Interactive Multiplayer · Commodore CDTV · DOS · FM Towns · Amiga · Apple II
Developer: Interplay
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Is it still worth playing?

Interplay Productions' 1988 chess game for the Amiga, ported to many other systems. It follows the traditional chess rules, with pieces moving in an animated fashion and battles in which the capturing piece defeats its target. When you deliver checkmate, the checkmating piece fights and defeats the king. There are 35 different battle animations: the rook turns into a rock monster and kills a pawn by smashing its head, and kills the queen by eating her. It can also be played in a 2D version with no animations. You can play against a human opponent or against the computer, and the game has an opening library of over 30,000 moves. Today, a real chess game with a fight for every capture keeps the rules familiar and the board lively.