Skip to content
3 playing now
Battle Chess cover

Battle Chess

by Interplay

  • Released Apr 20, 2017
  • $19.99
  • 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
  • Acorn Archimedes
  • Amiga
  • Amiga CD32
  • Apple II
  • Apple IIGS
  • Atari ST/STE
  • Commodore C64/128/MAX
  • Commodore CDTV
  • DOS
  • FM Towns
  • PC-9800 Series
  • PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Sharp X68000

80%positive reviews

91 positive23 negative

What players say

Pros

  • Nostalgic 80s chess with animated pieces

  • Fun for kids and adults

Cons

  • Still very slow

  • Freezes and crashes

Mixed

  • Some call it a classic chess game, others say it has not aged well

System requirements

Minimum:

OS *: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10)

Processor: 1 GHz Processor

Memory: 512 MB RAM

Graphics: 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7

DirectX: Version 7.0

Storage: 1 GB available space

View on Steam

Battle Chess was developed by Interplay as their first project after severing ties with Electronic Arts. They designed it for the Amiga in 1988, and it was released on the majority of the other systems in the late 1980s and early 1990s as well. It was widely successful, and resulted in two…