Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess

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Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
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Developer(s) Interplay Productions
Publisher(s) Interplay Productions
Platform(s) Amiga, MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows
Release1990

Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess is a 1990 video game published by Interplay Productions. It is a xiangqi game in which the pieces on a green field split down the center by a river, are placed at the intersecting points where the field is divided vertically by nine lines and horizontally by ten. [1]

Contents

Gameplay

Reception

Ken St. Andre reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "Technically excellent in many ways, Battle Chess II simply isn't as much fun as its predecessor. Of course, someone in China might totally disagree." [1]

Paul Rand for CU Amiga rated the game 87% said that "there are far worse games available than Battle Chess II" for players wanting something a little different and good to look at. [2]

Amiga Action gave the game a score of 86% and proclaimed that the game should not be missed due to its professionalism. [3]

John Davison for Games-X rated the game 4 Xs. [4]

Neil Jackson for Amiga Format rated the game 76% and praised the animations as attractive and highly amusing. [5]

Chris Jenkins for ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) rated the game 895 and recommended the game for players looking for a challenge to "master a novel version of the endlessly fascinating game of chess". [6]

Bob Guerra for Compute! said that this game brings the same excitement of the original game to Chinese chess. [7]

Tom Malcom for Info gave the game 3 stars and was less impressed by this game than the original. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 St. Andre, Ken (May 1991). "Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess: With II You Get Eggroll". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 82. pp. 24, 26.
  2. "Amiga Reviews: Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess".
  3. "Battle Chess 2 review from Amiga Action 24 (Sep 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  4. "Battle Chess 2 review from Games-X 15 (Aug 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack".
  5. "Amiga Reviews: Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess".
  6. "ACE Magazine Issue 40". January 1991.
  7. "Compute! Magazine Issue 129". May 1991.
  8. "Info Magazine Issue 44".