Chess (Mega Drive)

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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.

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, English title
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, 16 Битный картридж, English title)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, 16 Битный картридж, Russian title)
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Mega Drive, RU (New Game, Striped spine releases)
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Mega Drive, RU (alt)
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Mega Drive, RU (Silver release)
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Mega Drive, RU (Shessmaster)
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Mega Drive, Unknown
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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