Editing Battle Chess (section)

{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Battle Chess
| image = Battle Chess.png
| caption = Cover art showing the red queen killing a blue knight
| developer = [[Interplay Entertainment|Interplay Productions]]<br>[[Silicon & Synapse]] <small>(C64)</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://pc.ign.com/articles/090/090953p1.html|title=A Decade of Blizzard|date=2001-02-01|website=IGN|accessdate=2008-07-07|quote=Commodore 64 Battle Chess, Windows Battle Chess, Amiga Battle Chess II, Amiga Lord of the Rings, and Windows Shanghai were some of our early projects.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180908074555/http://www.ign.com/articles/2001/02/02/a-decade-of-blizzard|archive-date=2018-09-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| publisher = Interplay Productions<br>[[Data East]] (NES)
| designer = Michael Quarles<br>Jayesh J. Patel<br>Troy P. Worrell
| artist = Todd J. Camasta<br>Bruce Schlickbernd
| producer = [[Brian Fargo]]
| released = 1988–1994
| genre = [[Chess]]
| modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| platforms = [[Amiga]], [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer|3DO]], [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]], [[Amiga CD32|CD32]], [[Amiga CDTV|CDTV]], [[Apple IIGS]], [[Apple II]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[FM Towns]], [[NES]], [[Mac (computer)|Mac]], [[PC-98]], [[X68000]], [[Windows]]
}}

'''''Battle Chess''''' is a [[video game]] version of [[chess]] with [[2.5D]] graphics and fighting animations showing the result of one piece moving onto the square of another. It was developed and released by [[Interplay Entertainment]] for the [[Amiga]] in 1988 and ported to many other systems, including the [[3DO Interactive Multiplayer]], [[Acorn Archimedes]], [[Amiga CD32]], [[Amiga CDTV]], [[Apple IIGS]], [[Apple II]], [[Atari ST]], [[Commodore 64]], [[MS-DOS]], [[FM Towns]], [[Nintendo Entertainment System]], [[MacOS]], [[PC-98]], [[X68000]], and [[Microsoft Windows]]. In 1991, '''''Battle Chess Enhanced''''' was released by Interplay for IBM PC compatibles and Macintosh with improved [[VGA]] graphics and a symphonic musical score played from the [[CD-ROM]].

''Battle Chess'' was critically acclaimed and commercially successful, resulting in two official follow-ups as well as several inspired games. A [[Video game remake|remake]], ''Battle Chess: Game of Kings'', was released on [[Steam (service)|Steam]] on December 11, 2015.