Checkmate / Chess Champion 2175 : Hall Of Light

General info

Year

1990

Amiga original?

Unknown

Relationships

Is the sequel to

Chess Player 2150

WHDLoad

Authors

Updated

No WHDLoad installer.

Link

Stats

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3,765

Genre

Conversions

Apple Macintosh (Classic)

Atari ST/E

ECS / OCS

Version info

Unreleased

Players

Max 2, Sim 1

Developers

Unknown

Features

Coding

Enhanced Features

Enhanced Graphics

Enhanced Sound

Credits

Coder

Chris Whittington

Andy Pennell

Graphics

Audio

Misc.

Chris Whittington

Andy Pennell

Hard Disk Installer

HD Installer

Yes

HD Notes

- Installation requires at least 400K HD space. - HD gameplay requires at least 1Mb ram. [[HDNOTES]]

- Installation requires at least 400K HD space.
- HD gameplay requires at least 1Mb ram.

Compilations

10 Intelligent Strategy Games

Releases

Year

Name

Licence

Type

Country

Publisher

Languages

Manual Languages

Disks

Rarity

Year

1990

Name

Checkmate

Licence

Commercial

Type

Full Price

Country

USA

Publisher

Interplay

Languages

English

Manual Languages

Disks

Rarity

Rare

Year

1990

Name

Chess Champion 2175

Licence

Commercial

Type

Full Price

Country

Rest of the World

Publisher

Oxford Softworks (CP Software)

Languages

English, German

Manual Languages

English, French, German

Disks

Rarity

One version is common, at least one other version is rare

Notes

[1] Game designed by Chris Whittington and Andy Pennell.

[2] Game is NTSC only and supports a quit back to WB option.[[NOTES]]

[1] Game designed by Chris Whittington and Andy Pennell.

[2] Game supports a quit back to WB option and full multitasking.

Conversion Notes

PC versions: Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA

Screen info

ECS / OCS: 5 screens

ECS / OCS

Scan info

Box: ECS / OCS: 6 scans Disk: ECS / OCS: 1 scans Misc: ECS / OCS: 3 scans

Box: ECS / OCS

English Release (front)

English Release (back)

French Release (front)

French Release (back)

Disk: ECS / OCS

French Release

Misc: ECS / OCS

UK Advert (Amiga Format, Issue 12, July 1990, page 16)

Review (Amiga-Magazine 12/1990)

Manual info

ECS / OCS: 1 manual

ECS / OCS

Manual (French)

ECS / OCS

No cheats found.

Conversion info

Apple Macintosh (Classic)

No conversion screens found.

Atari ST/E

No conversion screens found.

Site

Link

Lemon Amiga

OpenRetro

Map info

ECS / OCS

No maps found.

MAGAZINE REVIEWS

Magazine

Issue

Rating

Reviewer

Release type

Review

Scans

Magazine

Amiga Action

Issue

31 (Apr 1992)

Rating

73%

Reviewer

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Amiga Computing

Issue

Vol 3 No 3 (Aug 1990)

Rating

Reviewer

Alastair Scott

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Amiga Format

Issue

13 (Aug 1990)

Rating

77%

Reviewer

Tim Smith

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Amiga Format

Issue

34 (May 1992)

Rating

65%

Reviewer

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Amiga Power

Issue

12 (Apr 1992)

Rating

80%

Reviewer

Karl Foster

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Amiga User International

Issue

Vol 7 No 3 (Mar 1993)

Rating

85%

Reviewer

Ashley Cotter-Cairns

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Datormagazin

Issue

No 16 (Oct 1990)

Rating

8/10

Reviewer

Pia Wester

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Joystick

Issue

8 (Sep 1990)

Rating

70%

Reviewer

Duy Minh

Release type

Review

View

Scans

Magazine

Zero

Issue

11 (Sep 1990)

Rating

90%

Reviewer

Tim Ponting

Release type

Review

View

Scans

MAGAZINE PREVIEWS

Magazine

Issue

Rating

Reviewer

Release type

Review

Scans

No magazine previews found

ECS / OCS

Lore Score: 76%

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