Battle Chess

[Dave]

Many years ago I an across and bought a DOS program named Battle chess. This
program was animated and was loads of fun. Does anyone know of any updates
for this program, or a newer version?


TIA
Dave


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[Daze N. Knights]

Many years ago I an across and bought a DOS program named Battle chess. This
program was animated and was loads of fun. Does anyone know of any updates
for this program, or a newer version?


TIA
Dave


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Google:

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,22269,00.asp

http://www.chesscentral.com/chess_download/battle_chess.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Chess

 

[Dave Turner]

that was a good one - quite respectable graphics for its time too

 

[miskairal]

I had that on my old Amiga back in the 90s. I've looked for it since for
hubby but seems there is only payware and I'm not happy that it works
with xp. Shame. If you should find it please post back here as I've
spent hours searching. I just dont' want to pay for something that
others say doesn't work.

 

[Dave Turner]

I've looked for it since for hubby but seems there is only payware
you should be able to find various versions of it at
"abandonware"/"legacyware" sites - you can find just about all of the good
old DOS games at those places (the hardest part is trying to remember their
names)

 

[Dave]

Thanks all, will try to download and see what happens.

Dave

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Thanks all, will try to download and see what happens.

Let us know what you think of it.

 

[Dave]

Well, already ran into a problem! It doesn't like Windows XP and that's all
I have. May try to write the company for suggestions.

Dave

 

[Daze N. Knights]

Well, already ran into a problem! It doesn't like Windows XP and that's all
I have. May try to write the company for suggestions.

Dave

Well, shoot!

 

[R. Amuzu]

I had that on my old Amiga back in the 90s. I've looked for it since for
hubby but seems there is only payware and I'm not happy that it works
with xp. Shame. If you should find it please post back here as I've
spent hours searching. I just dont' want to pay for something that
others say doesn't work.

Slightly out of the remit of this group but the other alternative is to
use an Amiga Emulator such as WinUAE to run the Amiga version on your
PC. You will however need to get the Amiga version into an ADF file
either by use of your Amiga(assuming you still have it) or on the PC if
you have a couple of Floppy drives.

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[miskairal]

Thanks but that poor old Amiga went to pc heaven a long time ago. I gave
all the software that I had to a charity thing back then. When I think
back, I spent over a $1500 on that thing and it had no hard drive and
512kb of RAM ) I loved it!

 

[miskairal]

Yep, that's the sort of thing I had read about. I can't believe no one
has tried to make a copy of it that works with XP as it was brilliant
for it's day and even now would still beat a lot of stuff. A shame!

 

[rich]

Well, already ran into a problem! It doesn't like Windows XP and that's
all
I have. May try to write the company for suggestions.

Just dug out my old copy from archive - try running it from floppy disk -
works on my winxp sp1 machine.
There should be 3 files allcanm1 & 2 + bchess.exe

 

[Daniel Mandic]

Thanks but that poor old Amiga went to pc heaven a long time ago. I
gave all the software that I had to a charity thing back then. When I
think back, I spent over a $1500 on that thing and it had no hard
drive and 512kb of RAM ) I loved it!

Hi miskairal!



Yeah, but the PC is dazzling.


I would never dismiss the AMIGA Computer. An AV Socket (RGB, of course)
on my TV-Set is always free to enjoy the dazzle-free animations, and a
pair of cinch-sockets on my Amplifier as well .




Kind Regards,

Daniel Mandic

 

[Mel]

Just dug out my old copy from archive - try running it from floppy disk -
works on my winxp sp1 machine.
There should be 3 files allcanm1 & 2 + bchess.exe

Another option would be to install & run a dos or Windows 98
virtual machine within Windows XP using Vmware Player

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Empty IDE disk images and vmware config files can be downloaded
from here:-

http://www.easyvmx.com/

Ideally you also want a copy of the windows vmwaretools iso
so you can install the drivers.

 

[Dr. Jai Maharaj]

Note to rec.games.chess.misc particpants:

This thread about Battle Chess (I personally did not
like that program when it first came out) has been in
progress in the newsgroup alt.comp.freeware

Jai Maharaj
http://tinyurl.com/a5ljc
http://www.mantra.com/jai
Om Shanti

 

[Dave]

Will try the floppy drive and see what happens. For the other suggestions,
I'm afraid there are well above my abilities but thank you for the
suggestions.

Dave

 

[Even Afwezig]

Just dug out my old copy from archive - try running it from floppy disk -
works on my winxp sp1 machine.
There should be 3 files allcanm1 & 2 + bchess.exe

Another option:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/comp_list.php?letter=B