Chess Simulator
Chess Simulator is a chess game which offers the standard features: playing chess against the AI which can be set in a number of different levels suited for beginners and advanced players (the maximum ELO…
Chess Simulator is a card & board game developed by Oxford Softworks, released 31 December 1990 on Atari ST/STE and DOS.
What Chess Simulator is
Chess Simulator is a card & board game game developed by Oxford Softworks and released in 1990. It was published by Infogrames Europe. It is available on Atari ST/STE and DOS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Chess Simulator is a chess game which offers the standard features: playing chess against the AI which can be set in a number of different levels suited for beginners and advanced players (the maximum ELO rating is 2150); optionally with an advice option which tries to teach chess to the player. Graphical features include a number of different pieces and the option to change the angle and zoom of the 3D playfield. Of course it is also possible to use a top-down perspective. The game also provides a way to calculate the user's ELO score: the program presents 24 situations and the player must provide likely moves within two minutes.
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
Chess Simulator launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
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