Video Chess is a video game released by Atari in 1979 for the Atari 2600, based on the rules of chess.
StrategyCard & Board GameNon-fictionchessturn-basedgrid-based movementtactical turn-based combatAtari 2600
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Character
Earnest, plot-driven, grave and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- 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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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.
Both plot-driven, earnest, grave.
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Film · Both earnest, classical in form, grave; this one is more epic.
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