Chess

Moby ID: 100272

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Released: 1972 on Terminal
Credits: 3 people

Moby Score: n/a
Collected By: 2 players

Genre: Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Gameplay: Chess
Interface: Text parser

Business Model: Freeware / Free-to-play / Public Domain
Multiplayer Options: PLATO
Number of Online Players: 2 Players

See Also

Chess (1956 on Mainframe)
Chess (1968 on Mainframe, 1971 on Terminal)
Chess (1976 on Mainframe)
Chess (1977 on ECD Micromind)
Chess (1978 on Compucolor II)
Chess (1980 on TRS-80, 1981 on DOS)
Chess (1981 on ZX81, 1983 on ZX Spectrum, 1984 on Amstrad CPC)
Chess (1982 on BBC Micro, Electron)
Chess (1982 on VIC-20, BBC Micro)
Chess (1982 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Commodore 64, Electron)
Chess (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
Chess (1983 on DOS, Atari 8-bit)
Chess (1983 on Mattel Aquarius)
Chess (1983 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Electron)
Chess (1984 on MSX)
Chess (1986 on TRS-80 CoCo)
Chess (1987 on Amiga)
Chess (1998 on Genesis)
Chess (1998 on Browser)
Chess (2001 on PlayStation, 2014 on PSP, PlayStation 3)
Chess (2001 on Windows)
Chess (2010 on Android)
Chess (2013 on Android, iPhone, iPad)
Chess (2017 on Browser)
Chess (2017 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
Chess (2020 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4)

Description

Chess allows one or two players to play chess on a PLATO terminal. A game can be played against the computer (who takes random moves), or against another player on the same or another terminal.

Credits (Terminal version)

Movemaker and Checker	Jim Thomasson
Character Set Designer	Gordon Weast
Owner and Originator	Richard W. Blomme (as Richard W. Blomme)

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MobyGames ID: 100272

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Game added by vedder.

Game added December 28, 2017. Last modified February 22, 2023.