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Battle Chess

General info

Amiga Original

Relationships

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2010-11-10

Stats

21,853

Genre

Conversions

3DO
Acorn Archimedes
Apple II/IIGS
Apple IIGS
Apple Macintosh (Classic)
Atari ST/E
Commodore C64/128
Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
NEC PC-98
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
PC (DOS)
PC (Windows)
Sharp X68000
Tandy PC/IBM PCjr

OCS

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Yes

Game can only be installed to DH0: with the supplied HD installer.

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
?
Battle Chess
Commercial
Budget
Europe
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of Europe
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Rest of the World
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Italy
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1988
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Spain
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare
1993
Battle Chess
Commercial
Budget
Worldwide
English
English, French, Italian, Spanish
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game supports savegames, dial-up/null modem gameplay using two Amiga computers, and a quit back to WB option.

[2] Originally developed/marketed/published in the U.S. by Interplay and distributed by EA, the game was licensed from Interplay for publication in Europe by Electronic Arts.


TRIVIA In sharing some insights into the development of BATTLE CHESS, lead coder Mike Quarles had this to say in 1988 at the time of release on the Amiga:

'Do you have any idea what it’s like to have an artist hand you eight disks’ worth of animation data and your boss tells you that you have to pack it down to one? Well, that's what happened to me. Brian (Fargo) also informed me that I would have to put my program and 200k of digitized sound on the same disk. Needless to say, I knew there were going to be hard times ahead for all of us working on Battle Chess.

It would have been much easier on me if we could have given away a hard disk and a 2MB RAM card with every game! I can remember Todd, Jay, Bruce and myself working weekends and long hours, without such luxuries as sleep, to meet deadlines like consumer shows and demos for overseas buyers, and then having to go home and promise our wives that it would be over soon. lt’s been one tough haul but we’re very proud of Battle Chess. Through all of this we kept one theme in mind, “Never ever let the quality slip.” I have to admit we had a lot of fun story-boarding the combats even though most of that credit goes to Todd.

We worked this hard because of Interplay. We have a lot of talented people here — we know if we work hard enough we can put out great games that we all can enjoy and be proud of.' [Source: Mike Quarles (coder), BATTLE CHESS game manual]


Conversion Notes

PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy, PC-98

CDTV

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1992
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English
1
Rare

Notes

[1] Game design & original coding by Interplay. CDTV conversion by Quicksilver Software. Coding by Michael Quarles, Jayesh Patel and Troy Worrell. Graphics by Todd J. Camasta and Bruce Schlickbernd. Sound FX by Kurt Heiden.

[2] Game features CDDA sound and speech.

Conversion Notes

PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy, PC-98

CD32

Version info

No
Max 2, Sim 1

Features

Hard Disk Installer

Unknown

Compilations

Releases

Year
Name
Licence
Type
Country
Publisher
Languages
Manual Languages
Disks
Rarity
1994
Battle Chess
Commercial
Full Price
Worldwide
English
English, French, German
1
One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game design & original coding by Interplay. CD32 conversion by Almathera. Coding by Michael Quarles, Jayesh Patel and Troy Worrell. Graphics by Todd J. Camasta and Bruce Schlickbernd. Sound FX by Kurt Heiden.

[2] Game features CDDA sound and speech.

Conversion Notes

PC versions: CGA, EGA, MCGA/VGA, Tandy, PC-98

Screen info

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Box: OCS
Box scan OCS no. 1

UK Original/Budget Release (front) [EA]

Box scan OCS no. 2

UK Original/Budget Release (back) [EA]

Box scan OCS no. 3

U.S. Release (front)

Box scan OCS no. 4

U.S. Release (back)

Box scan OCS no. 5

French Release (front) [EA]

Box scan OCS no. 6

French Release (back) [EA]

Box: CDTV
Box scan CDTV no. 1

Box scan CDTV no. 2

Box: CD32
Box scan CD32 no. 1

Box scan CD32 no. 2

Disk: OCS
Disk scan OCS no. 1

U.S. Release

Disk scan OCS no. 2

UK Release

Disk scan OCS no. 3

UK Release [alt]

Disk scan OCS no. 4

UK Release [alt 2]

Disk: CDTV
Disk scan CDTV no. 1

Disk: CD32
Disk scan CD32 no. 1

Misc: OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual Cover

OCS no. 2

Inner Cover [1] [French Release]

OCS no. 3

Inner Cover [2] [French Release]

OCS no. 4

Poster (Commodore User 11/1988)

OCS no. 5

U.S. Advert (CGW 65 11/1989, Page 9)

OCS no. 6

U.S. Advert (CGW 76 11/1990, Page 48)

OCS no. 7

U.S. Advert (CGW 84 7/1991, Page 7)

OCS no. 8

UK Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 9

French Advert [Source: Atari Mania]

OCS no. 10

Catalogue Entry [Source: Atari Mania]

Misc: CDTV
Misc: CD32

Manual info

OCS
OCS no. 1

Manual (English)

OCS no. 2

Manual Addendum (English)

OCS no. 3

Reference Card (English)

OCS no. 4

Manual (French)

OCS no. 5

Reference Card (French)

CDTV
CDTV no. 1

Manual (English)

CD32

No manuals found.

OCS

No cheats found.

CDTV

No cheats found.

CD32

No cheats found.

3DO
Conversion 3DO

Conversion 3DO

Acorn Archimedes
No conversion screens found.
Apple II/IIGS
Conversion Apple II/IIGS

Conversion Apple II/IIGS

Apple IIGS
Conversion Apple IIGS

Conversion Apple IIGS

Apple Macintosh (Classic)
No conversion screens found.
Atari ST/E
Conversion Atari ST/E

Conversion Atari ST/E

Commodore C64/128
Conversion Commodore C64/128

Conversion Commodore C64/128

Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty
Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

Conversion Fujitsu FM Towns/FM Towns Marty

NEC PC-98
No conversion screens found.
Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom
Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

Conversion Nintendo NES (Famicom)/Sharp Twin Famicom

PC (DOS)
Conversion PC (DOS)

EGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

Conversion PC (DOS)

VGA

Conversion PC (DOS)

PC (Windows)
Conversion PC (Windows)

Conversion PC (Windows)

Sharp X68000
Conversion Sharp X68000

Conversion Sharp X68000

Tandy PC/IBM PCjr
No conversion screens found.

Map info

OCS

No maps found.

CDTV

No maps found.

CD32

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
Amazing Computing for the Commodore Amiga
Amazing Computing Vol 4 No 7 (Jul 1989)
Jeffrey Scott Hall
2
Amiga Computing
Vol 1 No 7 (Dec 1988)
77%
David Bishop
1
Amiga Joker
Jan 1993
Joachim Nettelbeck
Re-release
1
Amiga Resource
Premiere Issue Spring 1989
Neil Randall
2
Amiga User International
Vol 2 No 12 (Dec 1988)
9/10
Nigel Streeter
2
Amiga User International
Vol 4 No 2 (Feb 1990)
Nigel Streeter
2
Amiga World
Vol 5 No 1 (Jan 1989)
Wallace
0
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review
Vol 6 No 1 (Jan 1989)
Ken Longshaw
0
Commodore Computing International
Vol 7 No 4 (Dec 1988)
90%
0
Computer + Video Games
87 (Jan 1989)
84%
Ciaran Brennan
0
CU Amiga
Nov 1988
85%
Tony Dillon
1
Datormagazin
Vol 1988 No 15 (Nov 1988)
3/5
Ingela Palmér
0
Génération 4
6 (Nov 1988)
96%
0
ST Amiga Format
6 (Dec 1988)
85%
Mark Higham
1
The Games Machine
12 (Nov 1988)
83%
1
The One
2 (Nov 1988)
84%
Gary Whitta
2
Zzap
45 (Jan 1989)
85%
Gordon Houghton
Maff Evans
Kati Hamza
0
Amiga Format
39 (Oct 1992)
75%
Damien Noonan
Roundup
1
Amiga Joker
Oct 1992
2/5
Joachim Nettelbeck
Roundup
1
Amiga Magazine
17 (Sep - Oct 1992)
Lawrence van Rijn
Roundup
1
Amiga CD32 Gamer
Issue 1 Spring Special
7/10
Stuart Wynne
0
Amiga Format
61 (Jul 1994)
48%
Rob Mead
1
Amiga Games
Sep 1994
71%
Hans Ippisch
0
Amiga Joker
Aug - Sep 1994
68%
Richard Löwenstein
1

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine
Issue
Rating
Reviewer
Release type
Review
Scans
ST Amiga Format
4 (Oct 1988)
Andy Storer
Preview
0
The Games Machine
10 (Sep 1988)
Preview
1
The Games Machine
11 (Oct 1988)
Stuart Wynne
Preview
3
Zzap
43 (Nov 1988)
Maff Evans
Preview
0

OCS

Lore Score: 81%

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