About this Site
Create your own website today!
Update your website
Vote for this Site
Visit My Chat Room
Popular Popups
Jukebox
Message Board
Classified Ads
Statistics
Refer This Site
To A Friend
Home

Get Your Own Darth Maul Email
create or check your account
Get Your Own StarWars Website
Create Your Star Wars Website
Update Your Star Wars Site
Images
pics 1
pics 2
pics 3
Images of Maul
list one
list two
list three
list four
Other Things
Resident Evil
Pokemon
South Park
Darth Maul chat
all about me
Planets and Places
Coruscant
The Dune Sea
Anakin Skywalkers Home
Bespin Gas Planet
The Ice world of hoth
Forest Moon Of Endor
The Peacefull Planet of Naboo
Asteroid Fields
Dagobah
Death Star
The II Death Star
Star Wars Video Games
Empire Strikes Back 4 nes
Star Wars Arcade Game
Death Star Battle
Jedi Arena
Return Of The Jedi Arcade
Empire Strikes Back Arcade
Ewok Adventure
Star Wars 4 Snes
Super Star Wars 4 snes
Super Empire Strikes Back
Rebel Assault
Super Return Of The Jedi
Star Wars Chess
Star Wars Arcade
Dark Forces
Shadows Of The Empire
Rebel assualt 2
Masters Of Teras Kasi
Star Wars Trilogy
Rouge Squadren
Episode I Racer
characters
3P0
Ben Kenobi
Yoda
Luke
Boba Fett
Leia
Han Solo
anakin
jabba the hutt
admiral ackbar
Qui Gon Jinn
captain panaka
chewie
royal guards
piet
biker scouts
the emperor
r2d2
lando
tarkin
mon mothma
uncle owen and aunt beru
wicket the ewoke
battle droids
Darth Maul
Queen Amidala
Colo Craw Fish
Obi Wan Kenobi
Too Onebee
entertainment
Star Wars vs Titanic
Star Wars chat
the star wars website
Star Wars Timeline
Win an award
My awards
Funny episode I script
Star Wars fan gets life
character pictures
jar jar rules
go to hell guinness
ships and vehicles
a wing
b wings
x wing
y wing
Naboo Royal N1 class starship
Millennium Falcon
The Death Star
The Death Star II
Imperial Star Destroyers
SandCrawlers



Star Wars Chess


  NEW! Poetry and Doll Maker with Galleries!     [Learn About Our Ecommerce]
Graphics Gallery!



Star Wars Chess
Released: 1994
Systems: Sega CD

The Basics

Sega CD cover.
Star Wars Chess is... you guessed it... chess with Star Wars characters. Each traditional chess piece (king, rook, pawn, and so on) is represented by a character from the Star Wars movies. In addition, when one piece captures another, you are treated to a small battle animation.

The Details

Star Wars chess board.
If you don't know how to play chess, don't expect Star Wars Chess to teach you. If you press the A button, you will receive a hint on where to move, but other than that, the game does not offer a tutorial mode. The instruction manual, however, does have basic descriptions of each piece and its movements.

The chess pieces are represented as follows:

Kings - Luke Skywalker and Emperor Palpatine
Queens - Princess Leia and Darth Vader
Bishops - C-3PO and Boba Fett

Chewbacca sets Boba Fett on fire.
Knights - Chewbacca and Tusken raider
Rooks - Yoda and AT-ST
Pawns - R2-D2 and stormtrooper

If you get tired of playing with Star Wars characters, you can switch to a 2D mode with traditional pieces.

The Verdict

R2-D2 gives Darth Vader a shock.
When it comes down to it, chess is chess, no matter what the pieces look like or what fancy animation accompanies it. But chess fans and Star Wars fans alike will probably be turned off by the awkward perspective of the chess board and the long Sega CD load times that bog down gameplay. The animations themselves are rather violent and sort of creepy, but if you turn them off, all you are left with is a slow, bare-bones computer chess game. A good alternative is to turn off the game altogether.

don_kenobi@yahoo.com


Sign Guestbook

View Guestbook

Domain Lookup
         www..
Get www.yourdomainofchoice.com for your site with services!


.

 
Any WordAll WordsExact Phrase
This SiteAll Sites
Visitors: 25185
Page Updated Tue Sep 14, 1999 10:49pm EDT