With Battle Chess, Interplay made the already awesome chess an exciting video game with live fights between pieces and nice graphics. Every battles between two given pieces are different, some of them are references to Monty Pynthon and the Holy Grail.
The game was released on many platform and some of them were given better artificial intelligence or features. The DOS version allowed to play against a fellow human with a null modem.
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We need more fun versions of Chess like this one... l think there was a Star Wars one as well at some point.
Anyone else grow up playing this on CGA 4-color?
For me, Battlechess was the daddy, the king when it came to chess games. I loved the graphics, the figures and the animation when pieces took each other. Classic. I may have played a tonne of better games over the years, but I think this deserves to be in my top 100 dos games of all time.
battle chess is alright but grandmaster chess was better :B
why is this game that was released in the 80s still for sale on steam AND gog
Battle Chess is one of my favorite chess programs. Animations are very funny. Check out my video about it: https://youtu.be/TNUpiuXyMY0
Felix; I can help you
help the game freezes when there is a fight
i love good old fashion games i give u 5000000 stars
Yo this is tight. To all the haterz I'm content
Nice game
It can, but not natively. Use DOSBox for that purpose.
Can it run on linux systems?
This game taught me how to play chess. I remember how proud I felt when I beat the comp on the highest difficulty. Back then I felt like some chess genius. Recently, about 25 years later, I created an account on some online chess site and can't get over the 1200 rating in blitz. To add insult to injury, I have to read on the site's forums how 1500 rated players are "patzers". Sorry for the rant. Chess is hard.
I LOVED this game back in the day...I'm running Win 3.1 in Dosbox on a pi and SO FAR its run all the old Dos games better then Virtual box- thank you Youtube for showing me how to do it and THANK YOU the folks running this site!!
Can't run on Win8. So sad! :(
Awesome game
I can't download the mac version. It's not in dmg format even though it says mac. I really loved this game and would love to play it again/
Although it is old but over the years I could not find better
Hello!
My game slows down alot, when i move my bishops. Anyone else got the same problem?
Awesome game
Hope this work this game is awesome
My grandmother had a worthless Tandy 1000 when I was little. Well, worthless other than that it had BattleChess....which was effing awesome.
This is the BEST chess game I've ever played! Each piece has a special attack depending on what other piece it's attacking! That's 216 unique attacks! They also all have their own moving animations and sounds!
Wow, this actually supports the mouse
I remember this game. It was my 1992...
I actully have the floppies (both 5 ¼ & 3 ½) I love this game
hey is there a copy of this game for a 1984 Macintosh computer on this website?
This game looked really cool but i can't figure out how to move my pieces! The manual doesn't help either... wtvr i'll figure it out. I LOVE DOS GAMES!!
Check out the enhanced version:
http://www.myabandonware.com/game/battle-chess-mpc-version-32j
love this game! use to watch my cousin play n i would get scared xP
Download includes the enhanced edition with the yellow chess board. Some moves freeze the game to a stand still for inexplicable reasons.
oh cool chess in dos. definitely gonna try dis
Still owning the NES version! :)
I used to play this with a mate after school
Cool game. The animations are waay coool but distracting, like I play only to see how they cut each other!
good
great game
good games...
thanks
thanks
thanks your game
Nostalgia :')
The game runs fine in DOSBOX on my Slackware Linux machine, either in window or full screen, the sound is fine as well.
If you end up with a gazillion toolbars and all kinds of crap you are probably using Internet Explorer. Get a real browser and protect yourself with AdBlocking add-ons and a good HOSTS file.
I have a slightly different version of Battle Chess that I think is better, the queen throws bolts of lightening, and the bishop makes a snickering sound when he kills. I think it's version 4.
File downloaded bit won't open nor are the docs recognised by Adobe.
File won't open to full screen without more downloads - too much hassle.
How come I have to down load 40 tool bars and 35 zip extractors and my brand new computer needs to download better software to run a this 30 year old game. What a Fuken joke.
nice & good game
Hope I can play
Can u be black in playing?
This is how you play chess
You maybe want to try out the Commodore Amiga version of this game instead. Search the web for a disk image in ADF format and run the game using the WinUAE emulator. The Amiga version is more colorful (32 colors instead of just 16) and has better sound effects.
Run it in dosbox (http://www.dosbox.com/)
Does it run on androi tablets?
i like battlle chess ...i enjoyed
I like chess
Okay, I found out how to do it. Ignore my last post. I didn't realize there was a section for that on this site.
My PC won't run the game. :(
I am running Windows 7 64 bit, and I get an error message saying that I need to run it in 32 bit. I don't know what to do! :(
I play it in d-fend reloaded and i use the dosbox app to run this game. but suddenly it comes laggy, especially when the bishop take a move. Do you guys have the same problem and if yes, what's the the solution?
I love old games though i'm 16 years old.
hi
do i need to download a patch for games on here
"is it me or this game lags? i know its not my computer
especially after long range moves, or anything that is more than 1 square move really... it all started with bishop."
its probably your computer. XD
is it me or this game lags? i know its not my computer
especially after long range moves, or anything that is more than 1 square move really... it all started with bishop.
thanks....
NoneYea
Is this only one player? I remeber it was possible to play two players
WOWWWW. I had this on the :B Drive! Fricken sweet!
When I move my bishop the game slows down, and becomes unresponsive. Anyone else having this problem? As soon as the bishop has made it's animation the game works again. (Only when I move the bishop.)
Thanks!
Chess
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exist one program call "adosbox "u search that in google..its free and u can play all gamedos in android :) im play this battle chess..
Hi nimu05..thank for ur help...im try find when have wireless in my samsung gio...i have lot roms in my mobile.... xD
Hi win, I also searched for the same... I found it.. Just search and download neslite.apk from google because it is removed from market ( don't know why). Install it inyour android mobile.. Then search for battlechess.nes from google and save in your sd card.Open NESlite and browse the game to open it.. Similarly you can download Mario bros.nes, contra.nes, etc..... Sorry for my bad English...
Old times do great games..im remember play that in floppy disk XD
the unique game are good like that it Battle vs Chess 2010(still im hate knights with head horse)...im try find this same battle chess 3d from 1992 if not mistake..if any know find pls send me mail scoelho.00@gmail.com xD
So cool
Good
Good game
ver good
brill just brill
I hope this plays as well as it did on my Amiga. The animations were exceptional for the time.
Can any of these awesome old games run on Android?
AWSOME!! My dad used to play this a lot! I had so much fun watching the animations, and now i can finally practice on this classic!
The only bad thing is there's no sound x.x (using the suggested program for XP/Vista although im on 7) Any ideas on how to get some sound?
Es la mejor version de mis tiempos de Ajedress, gracias a ustedes pude reencontrar esa nostalgia que habia perdido
I can't seem to play them. It keeps saying that my computer doesn't support full screen mode. This is the second game I've downloaded with this computer. I hope my desktop works. Any suggestions?
My favorite animation is a knight takes knight move. Great 386x game, would play it just to see the 'executions'
Game works in DosBox, though there is no sound, and it's a little glitchy.
Overall it's a classic game and well worth the download to play again!!
used to play this on my old 486 using Windows 3.1. wow makes me want to dust off that old machine and play some of these old classics. Good thing it still works!
Have you tried running it in Dosbox?
So how can we play it?
This game DOES NOT work in Windows or DOS.
No comment nor review for this game at the moment.