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Board Game / Board Game - Chess · 1980

Video Chess

Published by Sears

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Information

Genre
Board Game - Chess
Controls
Joystick
Players
1, 1 vs. 2
Programmer(s)
Wagner, Larry, Whitehead, Bob
Format
NTSC
Year
1980
Publisher
Sears
Country
USA
Medium
Cartridge
Serial
49-75181

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.5/10 · Votes: 6 · Downloads: 1,910 · Hits: 5,837

Additional Comments

Video Chess is the game that led Atari to first invent bank-switched ROMs for the Atari 2600, even though the shipping version of the game wouldn't use the technique and was only 4K in size.

Screenshots (2)

Video Chess — screenshot 1
Video Chess — screenshot 1
Video Chess — screenshot 2
Video Chess — screenshot 2

Cover Art (4)

Cartridge 1
Cartridge 1
Cartridge 2
Cartridge 2
Cartridge 3
Cartridge 3
Cartridge 4
Cartridge 4

Comments (1)

  • Geoman10 Sept 2011

    You could easily fool the program into "Fool's Mate" in all levels.

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