Showing posts with label Battle Chess for NES print ad (1990). Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle Chess for NES print ad (1990). Show all posts

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Battle Chess for NES (1990)


Original ad published in the September 1990 issue 

of Electronic Gaming Monthly (no. 14).

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Great artistic concept but slow gameplay


Animated battle chess is possibly the only subgenera of games that originated from the Star Wars scene were the heroes are playing the space version of the game. Ironically enough, the Star Wars version of the game, released in 1993, is still considered the best realization of the concept.