Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess | |
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Developer(s) | Interplay Productions |
Publisher(s) | Interplay Productions |
Platform(s) | Amiga, MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows |
Release | 1990 |
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]
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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]