The Chessmaster 2000 1986
Developed by Software Country, The Software Toolworks
- Puzzle, Sport, Strategy
The Chessmaster 2000 is the most powerful computer chess program in the world today and the friendliest! It draws from a mammoth opening library of over 71,000 moves - the world's largest. In mid-game, it displays amazing combinations of classical and modern strategy. At end game it calls further upon the world's newest and finest computer chess algorithm to mount virtuoso tactics.
PuzzleSportStrategychessAtari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS
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Character
Plot-driven, earnest, cool and warm.
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari 8-bit, Commodore C64/128/MAX, ZX Spectrum, Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, MSX
- Developer
- Software Country, The Software Toolworks
- Publisher
- Dro Soft, Software Country, The Software Toolworks, Electronic Arts, Inc.
- Released
- June 1, 1986
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Third person, Bird view / Isometric
IGDB rating 7.8/10 from 12 ratings.
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Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
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