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Black Box Chess

Black Box Chess is a single player chess-based puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different…

31 December 1995

Black Box Chess is a puzzle developed by The Code Zone, released 31 December 1995 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Black Box Chess is

Black Box Chess is a puzzle game developed by The Code Zone and released in 1995. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Black Box Chess is a single player chess-based puzzle game. It is one of a package of games produced by The Code Zone. Games from this package were used, in various combinations, in around twenty different game compilation packages.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Black Box Chess launched on 31 December 1995, within three weeks of Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia and Screamer.

Released around the same time: Suikoden, Neo Turf Masters, Tales of Phantasia, Screamer.

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When did Black Box Chess come out?
Black Box Chess was released on 31 December 1995 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

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