Checkmate
Checkmate is the most powerful and versatile chess program on the market with state-of-the-art graphics, a highly intuitive user interface, and the widest range of features found on any micro-computer chess…
Checkmate is a card & board game developed by Oxford Softworks, released 1 August 1990 on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.
What Checkmate is
Checkmate is a card & board game game developed by Oxford Softworks and released in 1990. It was published by Interplay. It is available on Amiga, Atari ST/STE, DOS and Mac.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Checkmate is the most powerful and versatile chess program on the market with state-of-the-art graphics, a highly intuitive user interface, and the widest range of features found on any micro-computer chess program, many of which have never before been implemented on a personal computer.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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