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Battle Chess

1988 72 / 100 Card & Board Game Strategy Turn-based strategy (TBS)

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 ches Show full summary

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World design Nicht eindeutig Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer

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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.

Game feelChallenging GameplayCombat-focused Game modeMultiplayer GenreCard & Board Game GenreStrategy GenreTurn-based strategy (TBS) ThemeFantasy ThemeHistorical Traitabstract Traitanthropomorphism Traitartificial intelligence Traitchess Traitchessboard Traitclassic Traitdark humor Traitdeath Traitdifficulty level Traitfinishing move Traitgrid-based movement Traitmedieval Traitmovie reference Traitmultiple protagonists Traitpixel art Traitretro Traitroyalty Traittactical turn-based combat Traitturn-based Traitvore

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Developer: Interplay
Publisher: Fujitsu Interactive, Pack-In-Video, Electronic Arts, Dice Multi Media Europe, GameTap Entertainment, Krisalis Software
Franchise: Standalone

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Modi: Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric, Third person
Themes: Fantasy, Historical

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Amiga Oct 1988
DOS Jan 1989
PC (Microsoft Windows) 1991
Atari ST/STE Jun 1989
Apple IIGS Oct 1989
Commodore C64/128/MAX Nov 1989
Amiga Q4 1988
Atari ST/STE Q3 1989
Commodore CDTV 1992
Commodore C64/128/MAX Q4 1989
DOS 1993
PC-9800 Series Jun 21, 1990
PC (Microsoft Windows) Apr 20, 2017
FM Towns 1990
Amiga CD32 1994
Sharp X68000 Dec 10, 1989
FM Towns Sep 01, 1991
3DO Interactive Multiplayer Sep 16, 1994
3DO Interactive Multiplayer 1994
Apple II 1990

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