Battle Chess

The Battle Chess game for NES is a logical strategy game released in 1988 and re-released on various platforms, including PC.

The gameplay of Battle Chess is built quite comfortably, the whole process is similar to the classic chess game, i.e. it is essentially a simulation game, but it has such a thing as a combat chess game.

The gameplay of Battle Chess is built quite comfortably, the whole process is similar to classical chess, i.e. the game is essentially a simulator, but has such a chip as animated combat. All the pieces are represented as animated characters and each move on the board is shown with animation. When an enemy piece is defeated, a separate, interesting battle animation is included, which even has humorous moments.

In the case of the Battle Chess game, the animations are animated.

When Battle Chess was released it was quite positively received by critics and gamers, later the game received its sequels, but on other platforms, with more modern graphics and animation. PC version of course had a more interesting animation battles, but NES squeezed the possible resources from the game and it looks very good.

On the whole, Battle Chess is a classic chess game, but embellished with characters and animations and it's fun. The only, but a significant disadvantage in the NES version is the lack of a two-player option, you can only play with a computer here. Otherwise, Battle Chess is just beautiful and if you like chess, you will definitely like it.