Video Chess is a video game released by Atari in 1979 for the Atari 2600, based on the rules of chess.
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Earnest, grave, plot-driven and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari 2600
- Developer
- Atari
- Publisher
- Atari
- Released
- December 31, 1979
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 4.3/10 from 5 ratings.
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