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    WOW! Anyone Remember "Battle Chess?"

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by HTWingNut, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. HTWingNut

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    Battle Chess is available at gog.com. I so totally forgot about this game. It was a great chess game with animated units that did a battle scene.

    Check it out if you like Chess, or just for nostalgia's sake!
     
    HTWingNut, Aug 11, 2009
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    I loved playing that game! It probably sucks pretty badly now. It was so much fun to watch the pieces fight. Now I just skip 90% of cutscenes in games.
     
    jboze84, Aug 12, 2009
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    It was the closest thing to having a Star Wars hologram chess board. I loved Battle Chess.
     
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    Lol i remember that.....now i feel a bit old :(

    I do remember Battle Toads as well, who else remembers that? :)
     
    Red_Dragon, Aug 12, 2009
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    That was such an awesome game. I think I still got my floppy drive of the game somewhere in a dusty corner :D.
     
    Budding, Aug 12, 2009
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    Haha that was an awesome game. I remember playing Battle Chess along with Hardball and that F1 racing game but I forget what it's called now.
     
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    There was a game on my old Tandy Color Computer (TRS-80) that was like a chess, game but different rules. And you actually had to fight in 3D (wireframe) to take the spot. So even if you were on the offense, you still had to fight to win. Great game. I just wish I could remember the name.
     
    HTWingNut, Aug 12, 2009
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    Holy crap i played this game so much even though i didnt know how to play chess!!
     
    fifafreak18, Aug 12, 2009
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    Sounds similar to Archon, which was a 2D battle. Great game that's getting remade with updated graphics... it's actually out as an app on the Iphone now.
     
    neilnat, Aug 12, 2009
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    WOW! This was the first video game I ever played! I loved it. After our amiga computer died, I always looked for a chess game like it.

    Thanks for the memories.
     
    GiffE, Aug 12, 2009
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    I remember playing Archon on my PC jr. Loved that game.
     
    JTOverath, Aug 12, 2009
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    They did a remake of Archon some time ago...

    Every piece actually had two attacks or abilities.

    Had to love "feathering" someone to death with the once-pointless (original Archon) Pheonix.
     
    KernalPanic, Aug 12, 2009
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    i am a programmer on my free time and I always wanted to do something like this using OpenGL. Only the poly count would be much higher. Im glad someone did it even if it wasnt me, because its something ive thought about for a long time.
     
    AppleUsr, Aug 12, 2009
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    I know where my EGA copy is on a 720K 3.5" disk, im sure the 360K 5.25" is here somewhere
     
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    I remember playing this game on my dad's old 386. After battle chess no other chess had the same "umph" to it.
     
    GamingACU, Aug 12, 2009
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    I'm 15 and I play Battle Toads all the time. I love emulators...
     
    FatManChan, Aug 12, 2009
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  17. Thund3rball

    Thund3rball I dont know, I'm guessing

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    Battle Chess, played that on the Amiga a whole bunch. Great way to get kids interested in Chess. They should make an updated version.
     
    Thund3rball, Aug 12, 2009
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