Sargon series

Group Description

Dan and Kathe Spracklen's early (1978) chess simulations for home microcomputers, initially published through Hayden Software, yielding a chess legacy lasting through six installments and dedicated units by Applied Concepts.

Trivia
SARGON, the first installment of the series, won the first tournament for microcomputers, held in San Jose California, in 1978. David Levy collected his 10 year bet by defeating CHESS 4.7 in Toronto Ontario. One of the games was a draw. This was the first time a computer drew an international master.

Information also contributed by Xantheous

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Game Title	Year	Platform	Publisher	User Score
4-in-1 Fun Pak	1992	Game Boy	Interplay Productions, Inc.	2.68
Sargon V: World Class Chess	1991	DOS, FM Towns, Macintosh, PC-98	Activision, Inc.	3.20
Sargon Chess	1991	CD-i	Philips Interactive Media, Inc.	...
Sargon 4	1988	DOS, Macintosh	Spinnaker Software Corporation	3.65
Sargon III	1983	Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh	Hayden Software Co., Inc.	3.57
Sargon 2.5	1979	Dedicated console, MOS Technology 6502	Chafitz, Inc.	...
Sargon II	1978	Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, CP/M, TRS-80, VIC-20	Commodore Business Machines, Inc	3.54
Sargon	1978	Apple II, CP/M, Exidy Sorcerer, Nascom, TRS-80, Zilog Z80	Bits, Inc.	...

Selected Covers

Front cover for Sargon Chess

Front cover for Sargon III

Front cover for Sargon II

Front cover for 4-in-1 Fun Pak

Sargon TRS-80 Front Cover Also front cover of manual

Front cover for Sargon

Selected Screenshots

Screenshot from Sargon III

Screenshot from Sargon II

Screenshot from 4-in-1 Fun Pak

Screenshot from Sargon

Screenshot from Sargon V: World Class Chess

Game group created by Anonymous User, additional games added to group by Pseudo_Intellectual (65041), Terok Nor (34277), Игги Друге (46308) and vedder (62942)