Chess (Mega Drive)

For the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear game released as "The Chessmaster", see The Chessmaster.

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Chess
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Padis
Developer: BSComp Ltd
Sound driver: Sound Images v1.5
Genre: Strategy
Number of players: 1 or 2
Release Date RRP Code RU 1998

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Chess called also Chessmaster for the Sega Mega Drive is an unlicensed Chess game released in 1998. Although the game does not have any support from Sega, it was included on some of the Atgames consoles.

The game is just a typical Chess game, but is played from a 2.5D perspective. The board can also be customized, and the music can also be turned off. The graphics for the chess board and pieces were stolen from The Chessmaster series of games for Windows computers.

Production credits

• Programmer: Lesha Bogdanow
• Additional Programs: Dmitry Usatenko
• Designer: Vyacheslav Sokolov
• Composer: Victor Chernov

Magazine articles

Main article: Chess (Mega Drive)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60: "xxxx xxxx" (2002-09-05)
also published in:

• Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61: "xxxx xxxx" (2003-02-07)

Photo gallery

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  Russian box art on Magistr Drive 2 box

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  English box art on Magistr Drive 3 box

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Cool Gamer (RU) 70 Tricks Gold (RU) 94

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Chess (Mega Drive)

Mega Drive, RU (Padis, 16 Битный картридж)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, 16 Битный картридж, English)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, 16 Битный картридж, Russian)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, Striped spine release; English)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, Striped spine release; Russian)

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Mega Drive, RU (Gastin Re-Release)
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Mega Drive, RU (Silver release)
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Mega Drive, RU (K&S)
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Multi-cart appearances

• AA-12002
• AA-4138
• KE1802
• SK-209
• XXXX (as Chess)

Technical information

Main article: Chess (Mega Drive)/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 47380edd MD5 102947ce4e33e4a90b3d45b58af8015e SHA-1 42e56fc5543dcb40da73447b582c84c4ff50a825	512kB	1998-09	Cartridge (RU)

External links

• Newgame.ru webpage