Battle Chess

Release date: October 1, 1988
Developer: Interplay
Genres: Card & Board Game, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Platforms: 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Amiga CD32, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, Commodore CDTV, DOS, FM Towns, PC-9800 Series, PC (Microsoft Windows), Sharp X68000

About Battle Chess

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 chess AI, as it was not until the mid 1990s that chess ai began to consistently win against strong opponents.