I don't know why I thought of this game today, but I did, so here it is. Battle Chess was a MSDOS chess game, but it's gimmick was that the pieces were soldiers, and when one captured another, it killed the captured piece violently. It was a pretty good idea, I guess, at least it made chess interesting to teenagers and young boys looking for a bit more action. I remember thinking it was cool.
Other than that, it was pretty bare bones. You could play against the computer or against a friend locally. I think there might have been different sets you could chose from, but I'm not sure.
I played this at home and at my friend's house. The gimmick was cool, but eventually it got boring. It wouldn't be until I got older that I truly appreciated chess.
But Battle Chess was cool for the time.
Man, those sound effects come out of nowhere!
ha ha
I was looking for some traditional games on Xbox Live a few weeks ago and came across chess. I wondered, where the heck is battle chess. I guess FF Tactics is kind of chess plus fantasty.
yeah they don't make em like they used to!
I remember Battle Chess. Its animations were fun for a bit, but it wasn't quite as fun as Archon, which allowed you to have the pieces fight. Now I do appreciate real chess, having learned it at a young age. I'm no Garry Kasparov, though, and it's been a long time since I've played it. I haven't run across a lot of chess enthusiasts lately.
My favorite death animation was the rook eating the queen. I gues that probably came out wrong, LOL. And speaking of the queen... dat ass.
Yeah, Archon was the REAL shit. Great game.
Ya gotta have that ass if you're the queen!
I learned how to play Chess via Battle Chess, so I could see all the animations.
The other thing that Battle Chess taught me is that I don't like Chess.
ha ha. At least you saw all the animations!