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Revision as of 10:16, 15 October 2021
Developers | |
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Interplay Entertainment | |
Windows 3.x | Silicon & Synapse[1] |
Publishers | |
Interplay Entertainment | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1988 |
Windows 3.x | 1991 |
Mac OS (Classic) | 1991 |
Windows (DOSBox) | October 14, 2008[2] |
macOS (OS X) (DOSBox) | October 26, 2012[3] |
Linux (DOSBox) | November 14, 2017[4] |
Taxonomy | |
Series | Battle Chess |
Battle Chess | |
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Battle Chess | 1988 |
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess | 1991 |
Battle Chess 4000 | 1992 |
Battle Chess: Game of Kings | 2015 |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
General information
- Official developer site
- GOG.com Community Discussions for game series
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
---|---|---|---|---|
Retail | No disk copy protection | |||
GOG.com | Battle Chess Special Edition. Pre-packaged with DOSBox.[5] Bundled with Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess and Battle Chess 4000. | |||
Steam |
DOS Version differences
There are two releases of the DOS version, the first version was a 16-colour only version. The re-release contains both the 16 colour and a 256-colour version.
- The 16-colour version supports all video adapters, but only up to 16-colours.
- The 16-colour version supports Tandy sound if run on a Tandy 1000 computer.
- The 16-colour version requires a minimum of DOS 2.0 or 2.1 with 512KB RAM
- The 256-colour version supports only MCGA/VGA video adapters
- The 256-colour version requires a minimum of DOS 3.1 with 640KB RAM
Note: Some boxes indicate a minimum of DOS 2.0 and other indicate 2.1. The only difference between 2.0 and 2.1 is that 2.1 adds support for the IBM PCjr. Likewise a Tandy 1000 would require at least the special Tandy OEM release of MS-DOS 2.11.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/622830/pfx/[Note 2] |
- It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.
Save game data location
System | Location |
---|---|
DOS | |
Windows | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Mac OS (Classic) | |
macOS (OS X) | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Linux | <path-to-game> (mounted in DOSBox)[Note 1] |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/622830/pfx/[Note 2] |
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
---|---|---|
GOG Galaxy | ||
Steam Cloud |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|
Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
---|---|---|
Separate volume controls | ||
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Red Book CD audio | Only in the Micron Electronics DOS version.[6] |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
DOS video modes | CGA, CGA Composite, EGA, VGA | Use the /COMP parameter to play in a CGA mode optimized for composite cable output. |
Executable | PPC | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. | ||||
Mac OS (Classic) |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 2.0 | 6.22 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 8080 / 8086 | |
System memory (RAM) | 512 KB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
Windows | ||
---|---|---|
Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | 1.4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 512 MB | 1 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | DirectX 7 compatible | DirectX 9 compatible |
- These are general GOG.com system requirements, the game will run on almost any hardware.
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | 10.6.8 or later | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core Duo 2 GHz+ | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 2 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | 64 MB of VRAM |
- These are general GOG.com system requirements, the game will run on almost any hardware.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 File/folder structure within the installation folder reflects the path(s) listed for DOS game data. For the GOG.com release, file changes in DOSBox are redirected to
<path-to-game>/cloud_saves/
even if GOG Galaxy is not used (this folder contains all redirected files, so some files in thecloud_saves
folder might be temporary files or other files that do not contain saves or settings). - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (622830) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ A Decade of Blizzard - IGN - last accessed on 2017-09-23
- ↑ New release: Battle Chess Special Edition - GOG.com
- ↑ GOG.com adds Interplay games for Mac OS X - GOG.com
- ↑ Changelog, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ List of GOG games using DOSBox, page 1 - Forum - GOG.com
- ↑ Emulation for Red Book Audio on Windows 7? - last accessed on 2021-01-15