Video Chess
Video Chess is a strategy/board game software title created for the TI-99/4 and TI-99/4A home computer system.
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Publisher(s) | Texas Instruments (TI) |
Original Retail Price | $69.95 (USD) |
Programmer(s) | Tom Merrow |
Part# | PHM 3008 |
Format(s) | Solid State SoftwareTM Command Module |
Release | 1979 (2nd Quarter) |
Genre(s) | Board Game, Strategy |
Contents
Advertising Blurbs
Front Cover of Manual
Choose your own opponent - or play against the computer on any of 3 levels. With this module, your computer can serve as a willing teacher - or a challenging opponent.
Back Cover of Manual
For centuries, chess has been a challenging game enjoyed equally by beginners and masters. The Video Chess Command Module brings a new dimension to the game through your TI Home Computer. Now you'll always have a tireless opponent whose skill level you can set - from beginner, through novice, to intermediate. And if you want, you and a friend can play chess, with your computer making the moves, keeping track of time, noting whose move it is, all while keeping a complete record of the game.
Video chess module activities are designed to give you several playing options:
- Play Beginner Game - Play against the computer at the beginning skill level in a normal style of play.
- Choose Game Type - Choose the type of games you want to play against by selecting the computer's skill level and style of play (from losing to aggressive).
- Use Chessboard - Use the Video Chess module's chessboard to play a game against a friend.
- Set up a Problem - Set up a special chess position other than the normal games with your TI Home Computer.
- Play Simultaneously - Play as many as nine simultaneous games with your TI Home Computer (with 16K bytes of memory).
- Load Cassette Games - Use a cassette tape recorder to store and then re-enter a favorite fame of an unfinished game for later completion.
Triton Catalog - Fall 1984
Manual