Chessmaster II
Choose from 24 animated chess sets, including Mycenae, Egyptian, Isle of Lewis, and Stanton in Chessmaster II, a chess strategy board game. Try to checkmate your friends, or challenge one of the 64 computer…
6 September 1999
Chessmaster II is a strategy, released 6 September 1999 on PlayStation.
What Chessmaster II is
Chessmaster II was released in 1999. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Choose from 24 animated chess sets, including Mycenae, Egyptian, Isle of Lewis, and Stanton in Chessmaster II, a chess strategy board game. Try to checkmate your friends, or challenge one of the 64 computer opponents (each with a different style of play and varying degrees of skill), or try to beat one of the 30 Grandmaster profiles. You'll never miss an opening in the 3D mode, since you can rotate the camera to any angle you want. Or, if you prefer, play on a flat 2D board. Chessmaster II brings the thrills and challenges of chess to life.
What it launched against
Chessmaster II launched on 6 September 1999, within three weeks of Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear and Shadow Man.
Released around the same time: Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Rogue Spear, Shadow Man.
Quick answers
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When did Chessmaster II come out?
Chessmaster II was released on 6 September 1999 for PlayStation.
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