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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
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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)
  • box cover Chess (1980 on TRS-80, 1981 on DOS)
  • box cover Chess (1981 on ZX81, 1983 on ZX Spectrum, 1984 on Amstrad CPC)
  • box cover Chess (1982 on BBC Micro, Electron)
  • box cover Chess (1982 on VIC-20, BBC Micro)
  • box cover Chess (1982 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Commodore 64, Electron)
  • box cover Chess (1983 on Dragon 32/64)
  • box cover Chess (1983 on DOS, Atari 8-bit)
  • box cover Chess (1983 on Mattel Aquarius)
  • box cover Chess (1983 on BBC Micro, 1984 on Electron)
  • box cover Chess (1984 on MSX)
  • Chess (1986 on TRS-80 CoCo)
  • box cover Chess (1987 on Amiga)
  • Chess (1998 on Genesis)
  • Chess (1998 on Browser)
  • box cover Chess (2001 on Windows)
  • box cover Chess (2001 on PlayStation, 2014 on PSP, PlayStation 3)
  • box cover Chess (2010 on Android)
  • box cover Chess (2013 on Android, iPhone, iPad)
  • box cover Chess (2017 on Browser)
  • box cover Chess (2017 on Linux, Windows, Macintosh)
  • box cover 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
Character Set Designer
Owner and Originator

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Game added by vedder.

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