Star Wars Chess

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Star Wars Chess
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Developer(s) The Software Toolworks
Publisher(s) Mindscape
Platform(s) DOS, Windows 3.x, Sega CD
Release1993 (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 DOS, Sega CD and Windows 3.x. A 3DO Interactive Multiplayer version was planned but never released. [1]

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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]

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References

  1. ↑ "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.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ Kee, Jay (March 1994). "Darth Vader vs. The Terminator". Computer Gaming World. pp. 90–94.
  3. ↑ Star Wars Chess (PDF). Future Publishing. August 1994. p. 69.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Larry, Scary (November 1994). Star Wars Chess Review. p. 110.
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