Star Wars Chess
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Developer(s) | The Software Toolworks |
Publisher(s) | Mindscape |
Platform(s) | DOS, Windows 3.x, Sega CD |
Release | 1993 (Dos) November 1994 (Microsoft Windows) |
Genre(s) | Chess |
Mode(s) | Single-player, Multiplayer |
Star Wars Chess is a 1993 chess-playing video game developed by The Software Toolworks, based on the Star Wars film franchise and published by Mindscape for MS-DOS, Sega CD and Windows 3.x. A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version was planned but never released.[1]
Reception[]
Computer Gaming World concluded that T2 Chess Wars and Star Wars Chess "are examples of marketing at its best (or worst, depending on your point of view)".[2]
Mega Magazine giving Star Wars Chess a 60 percent rating stating “The chances are that if you take your chess at all seriously, you wouldn’t really enjoy this.”[3]
In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared Star Wars Chess the 49th-worst computer game ever released stating: “Proof that there really is no intelligent life (or AI) even in a galaxy far, far away”.[4]
GamePro magazine however praised the game's action scenes, sound, detailed animation and stating "Chess purists and Star Wars purists alike will enjoy this one. Most impressive!"[5]
References[]
- ^ "The Game Fan 32Bit System Shoot Out - Who Will Lead Us Into The Next Generation?". GameFan. Vol. 2, no. 7. Shinno Media. June 1994. pp. 146–147. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Kee, Jay (March 1994). "Darth Vader vs. The Terminator". Computer Gaming World. pp. 90–94.
- ^ Star Wars Chess (PDF). Future Publishing. August 1994. p. 69.
- ^ Staff (November 1996). "150 Best (and 50 Worst) Games of All Time". Computer Gaming World. No. 148. pp. 63–65, 68, 72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 84, 88, 90, 94, 98.
- ^ Larry, Scary (November 1994). Star Wars Chess Review. p. 110.
External links[]
- 1993 video games
- Cancelled 3DO Interactive Multiplayer games
- Chess software
- DOS games
- Mindscape games
- Sega CD games
- Star Wars video games
- The Software Toolworks games
- Video games developed in the United States
- Windows games