Description
The Chessmaster is a game where the player has the chance to play against the CPU controlled Chessmaster at a standard game of chess.
To play the game the player must pick up the chess pieces with there hand cursor and place it in the desired location, within the rules a standard chess game. There are 16 different difficulty levels that includes 2 beginner levels, 13 standard levels (ranging from an average of 5 seconds to 4.5 minutes per shot depending on level), and a infinite level that will keep thinking of a shot until a perfect shot can be made or it is forced to move. There is also a teaching mode that shows the player all the possible moves with the selected piece. Two players can play each other with two controllers and there is also an option of letting the Chessmaster play itself.
Alternate Titles
- "Sega Chess" -- Brazilian Game Gear title
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The Press Says
| Computer and Video Games (CVG) |
Game Boy |
Jul, 1991 |
96 out of 100 |
96 |
| Sega Force |
Game Gear |
Sep, 1992 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Zero |
Game Boy |
Sep, 1991 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| Video Games |
Game Boy |
Mar, 1991 |
81 out of 100 |
81 |
| Joystick (French) |
SNES |
Apr, 1992 |
80 out of 100 |
80 |
| Power Play |
NES |
Mar, 1991 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| Video Games |
NES |
Jun, 1991 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| Power Play |
Game Boy |
Mar, 1991 |
78 out of 100 |
78 |
| Nintendo Power Magazine |
Game Boy |
Apr, 1991 |
3.5 out of 5 |
70 |
| Nintendo Life |
Game Boy |
Sep 05, 2010 |
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70 |
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Trivia
Music
In the NES version, the title music (and pretty much the only music in the game) is an 8-bit version of the instrumental song
Take Five by the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
