Editing Battle Chess (section)

== Reception ==
{{Video game reviews
<!-- Reviewers -->
| CVG = 84%<ref>Battle Chess review from Computer + Video Games 87 (Jan 1989) - Amiga Magazine Rack<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
| Dragon = {{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name="Dragon144">{{cite journal|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|journal=Dragon|issue=144|date=April 1989|pages=60–68}}</ref> <br>  {{rating|5|5}} (CD)<ref name="Dragon192">{{cite journal|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|journal=Dragon|issue=192|date=April 1993|pages=57–63}}</ref>
| EGM = 6.2/10 (3DO)<ref name="EGM54"/>
<!-- Custom reviewers -->
| rev1 = ''[[Amiga User International]]''
| rev1Score = 9/10<ref>Battle Chess review from AUI Vol 2 No 12 (Dec 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Commodore User]]''
| rev2Score = 85%<ref>Battle Chess review from Commodore User (Nov 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
| rev3 = ''[[ST/Amiga Format]]''
| rev3Score = 84%<ref>Battle Chess review from ST Amiga Format 6 (Dec 1988) - Amiga Magazine Rack<!-- Bot generated title --></ref>
}}

''Battle Chess'' sold 250,000 copies by February 1993.<ref name=cgwsales>{{cite magazine| author=Staff |title=Letters from Paradise |date=February 1993 |issue=103| magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | pages=154, 156}}</ref>

[[Ken St. Andre]] reviewed the game for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'', and stated that "Quibbles aside, every chess player will want a copy of this program, and every Amiga owner owes it to him/herself to see Battlechess in action. Highly recommended."<ref name = "CGW"/>

The Amiga version received favourable reviews from magazines due to its comical battle sequences which were advanced (for the time) in terms of graphics, animation and sound. German game magazine ''ASM'', however, criticized the weak chess AI.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=584 |title=DIE Kult Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! |publisher=Kultboy.com |accessdate=2012-07-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206104108/http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=584 |archive-date=2013-12-06 |url-status=live }}</ref> In a review of the 3DO version, Mike Weigand of ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' stated, "If you are a chess fan, then you may want to check this title out."<ref name="EGM54">{{cite magazine|title=Review Crew: Battle Chess|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=54|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=January 1994|page=48}}</ref>

In 1994 ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' said of the [[video game remake|remake]], ''Battle Chess Enhanced'', that "Better artwork, smoother animations, and a much stronger chess algorithm than its disk predecessors make the CD version a good buy".<ref name="cgw199404">{{Cite magazine
 |date         = April 1994
 |title        = Invasion Of The Data Stashers
 |url          = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117
 |magazine     = Computer Gaming World
 |pages        = 20–42
 |access-date  = 2017-11-10
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041726/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117
 |archive-date = 2017-11-11
 |url-status     = live
}}</ref>

Interplay won "Best Graphics Achievement In A Non-Graphics Product" from [[Software Publishers Association]] (later renamed to Software and Information Industry Association) for ''Battle Chess''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/battle-chess/cover-art/gameCoverId,25753/ |title=Battle Chess - Cover Art |publisher=MobyGames |accessdate=2013-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202102243/http://www.mobygames.com/game/battle-chess/cover-art/gameCoverId,25753 |archive-date=2013-12-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1994 ''Computer Gaming World'' added it to the magazine's Hall of Fame honoring those games rated highly over time by readers, describing ''Battle Chess'' as "a showcase product for the first level of multimedia standards".<ref name="cgw199404hof">{{Cite magazine
 |date         = April 1994
 |title        = Induction Ceremony!
 |department   = Computer Gaming World Hall of Fame
 |url          = http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117
 |magazine     = Computer Gaming World
 |page         = 181
 |access-date  = 2017-11-10
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20171111041726/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=117
 |archive-date = 2017-11-11
 |url-status     = live
}}</ref> In 1996 the magazine ranked it as the 106th-best game of all time for its "funny, elaborate animated sequences and spectacular special effects."<ref name="cgw199611best">{{cite magazine | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1996&pub=2&id=148 | title=150 Best Games of All Time | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=November 1996 | accessdate=25 March 2016 | pages=64–80 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408023915/http://cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1996&pub=2&id=148 | archive-date=2016-04-08 | url-status=live }}</ref>