Battle Chess
Enhanced CD-ROM
Releases
- MS-DOS, 1991
- This is remarkable as one of the first, or maybe the first,
DOS SVGA games. They became common only
about three years later.
- Windows 3.1, 1992
- This version was included later in Interplay's 15th Anniversary
Anthology. Except for the help file, all the files bear a timestamp
from 1992.
- Macintosh, 1993
- Nothing specifically remarkable about this release.
- "Cinematic Multimedia", 1994
- This was for DOS, or DOS and Windows, I'm not exactly sure.
It featured digital speech in addition to the sound & music.
Evolution of a Blurb
MS-DOS, 1991
- Advanced, state-of-the art 3D animation in 640×480 resolution
with 256 colors
- Over 31 megabytes of animation and graphics
- Over 45 minutes of digital CD audio, with mood music and
combat sound effects played directly from your CD-ROM drive
- Complete 25 minute tutorial: Using the Battle Chess™
humorous style of animation, each piece comes to life and teaches
you about its movement, history and strategy, accompanied by CD sound
- Play against the computer or your friend, or let the computer
play against itself
- Modem capability for long-distance games
- Ten levels of play challenge even the most sophisticated player
Macintosh, 1993
- Each amazingly life-like character has fluid moves, sounds and
"attitudes" of their own
- Eye-boggling 3-D animation in over 31 mega-amazing megabytes
of graphics
- Over 45 minutes of digital CD audio, with royal mood music and
blood curling combat sound effects
- Witty, hysterical 25-minute stereo tutorial uses animation to
bring each piece to life, while they teach you about their movement,
history and strategy
- Throw down the gauntlet against the computer, friends, or let the
computer play itself
- Modem capability for long-distance games
- Ten levels challenge the most sophisticated players
- System 7 savvy
- Supports all CD-ROM drives
"Cinematic Multimedia", DOS/Windows, 1994
- Hollywood's finest talent spent 2 years perfecting every stereo
battle sound effect. Every stirring musical note. And every classic
line spoken by the chess pieces
- 33 whopping megabytes of Super VGA graphics
- Ten realms of play will challenge the most gallant gaming knights
to the meekest gaming knaves
- Witness brutal executions in breathtaking animation as your game
pieces triumphantly claim new checkered territories
- By decree of the queen, learning to play shall be mirthful. Your
chess pieces will guide you through the game's mysteries in a most
merry tutorial
- Modem capability lets you challenge opponents in far-off lands
- Declare war against the computer or battle a warrior friend
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Last modified 2007-05-16