Checkmate is the most powerful and versatile chess program on the market with state-of-the-art graphics, a highly intuitive user interface, and the widest range of features found on any micro-computer chess program, many of which have never before been implemented on a personal computer.
StrategyQuiz/TriviaCard & Board Gamechessturn-basedartificial intelligencegrid-based movementtournamentlanguage selectionpolygonal 3dchessboardAtari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga
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Character
Grave, plot-driven, cool and earnest.
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
Who loves it, who doesn't
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About the game
- Platforms
- Atari ST/STE, Mac, DOS, Amiga
- Developer
- Oxford Softworks
- Publisher
- Interplay, MacPlay, Oxford Softworks
- Released
- August 1, 1990
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric, Side view
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Pairings
Companions we picked from the closest works, and how to take them.
Similar in taste
Closest on the same fourteen dimensions, from everything scored on Curator Co. Other media included when they land close.
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Chessmaster 5000 199689% alikeBoth earnest, plot-driven, grave.
The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 198889% alikeBoth plot-driven, cool, earnest.
Chess Player 2150 198985% alikeBoth plot-driven, cool, grave.
Sargon II 197983% alikeBoth grave, plot-driven, earnest.
Soko-Ban 198283% alikeBoth plot-driven, grave, cool.
Film · Both earnest, grave, cool.
The Repair Shop 201751% alikeSeries · Both earnest, warm, classical in form; this one is more effortless.
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