And that you can get it on the cheap is pretty cool, too. This game came out in 1983.Įven if this is the kind of thing that'd have Bobby Fischer rolling in his grave, TopWare's modifications are an interesting step in an unexplored direction. These are simple additions, but I feel like they're long overdue - we haven't seen anything like it since Archon: The Light and the Dark. Chess is a computer simulation game of chess developed by Targem Games and Zuxxez Entertainment and published by TopWare Interactive. Hopping into a game like this is probably more chaotic than it is strategic, but I dig the unpredictability of where your king goes, how well he's protected, and what kind of units you have near him. You can boot up a regular chess game with units dispersed randomly across the board. It's also totally hilarious to see an anthropomorphic horse smack an unmoving, freaky-lookin' demon in the face.Īnother addition I enjoyed was the 'Madness' placement. If you prefer the idea of a mano-a-mano brawl, the Duel mode's turn-based alternative is exactly what you'd expect. During battle sequences, you'll cut and clobber your way through a small army of enemies until everyone on either side dies. What's cool is that you're not just one pawn fighting another.
