The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

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The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100
The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 cover.jpg
Cover art featuring Will Hare [1]
Publisher(s) The Software Toolworks
Platform(s) Amiga, Apple IIGS, Classic Mac OS, Commodore 64, DOS
Release1988
Genre(s) Computer chess
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 is a 1988 video game published by The Software Toolworks. An Atari ST version was advertised but never released. [2] [3] A Sega Mega Drive version was also planned and shown at Winter CES 1992 but was never released. [4]

Contents

Gameplay

The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 is a game in which 110 historical chess matches from 1834 to 1988 are included. [5]

Reception

Roy Wagner reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "The beginning chess player will find that Chessmaster 2100 is easier to beat with it's[ sic ] "Newcomer" and "Coffeehouse" option and this is something every beginner's ego needs." [5]

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References

  1. Plunkett, Luke (31 August 2012). "The Life, and Death, of PC Gaming's Most Famous Cover Star". Kotaku . G/O Media . Retrieved 20 April 2023.
  2. "The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100". Advertisement. Mindscape. Available for IBM and compatibles, Commodore 64/128, Apple II/Mackintosh, Amiga and Atari ST.
  3. "The BEST Just Got Even Better!". The One . No. 10. EMAP. July 1989. p. 25. Available for IBM and compatibles, Commodore 64/128, Apple II/Mackintosh, Amiga and Atari ST.
  4. "News Special - CES Show". Mean Machines . No. 17. EMAP. February 1992. pp. 10–14.
  5. 1 2 Wagner, Roy (September 1989). "Chessmaster 2100 vs. Sargon 4". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 63. pp. 20–21.
  6. "Jeux & stratégie NF 2". December 1989.