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Combat Chess
Developer(s)Minds Eye Productions
Publisher(s)Empire Interactive
Platform(s)Windows
ReleaseOctober 1997
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player,multiplayer

Combat Chessis avideo gameversion ofchessdeveloped by Minds Eye Productions and published byEmpire InteractiveforWindowsin October 1997.[1][2]

Gameplay

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Combat Chessfollows the same rules as traditional chess, withpiecesmoving in an animated fashion and battles playing out so that the capturing piece defeats its target.[3]

The game's options for thecomputer opponentinclude how much processing power it will use and how long it takes to ponder the move. The game's other features includes the ability to create your own tutorials, setting up the board to recreate famous matches, and being able to loadPGN filesfrom other chess programs.[3]Camera can be set to either 3D or 2D view.[4]Multiplayer options include serial, modem,IPX,andTCP/IP.[3]

Reception

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Combat Chessreceived generally average reviews. The game was often compared toInterplay'sBattle Chessfrom 1988.[5][7][3]

GameSpotcalled the battle animations a novelty that quickly wears off.[3]Pelitsaid the graphics were not good and the camera perspective was hiding smaller pieces behind larger ones. It was recommended to instead download the freeGNU Chess.[8]Computer Games Magazinealso had difficulty with the 3D view.[4]

References

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  1. ^"Combat Chess".Empire Interactive.Archived fromthe originalon 13 February 1998.Retrieved4 April2023.
  2. ^"Combat Chess".Minds Eye Productions.Archived fromthe originalon 28 June 2002.Retrieved4 April2023.
  3. ^abcdefKrol, Scott R. (16 March 1998)."Combat Chess Review".GameSpot.Fandom.Archivedfrom the original on 15 August 2003.Retrieved4 April2023.
  4. ^abcKlimushyn, Chuck."Combat Chess - Kombat chess for the Mortal Kombat crowd".Computer Games Magazine.theGlobe.Archived fromthe originalon 20 March 2005.Retrieved4 April2023.
  5. ^abDeppe, Martin (February 1998). "Test - Combat Chess".GameStar(in German). No. 2/98.IDG Entertainment Media GmbH.p. 93.
  6. ^Yabol, Lord (February 1998). "Recenzje - Combat Chess".CD-Action(in Polish). No. 2/98. p. 39.
  7. ^abDuy, Manfred (February 1998). "Schach-Special, Teil 2 - Damenwahl".PC Player(in German). No. 2/98. pp. 176–177.
  8. ^abVeijalainen, Kimmo (January 1998). "Combat Chess - Shakkimatti".Pelit(in Finnish). No. 1/98. Helsinki Media Erikoislehdet. p. 52.
  9. ^M., M. (January 1998). "Królewska roszada".Reset(in Polish). No. 1/98. p. 31.
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