1K ZX Chess (1982)
- Platforms
- ZX81
- Where to get it
- My Abandonware
The catalog in 3D
The same catalog has a room you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real games from it when you tell them what you feel like playing. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this game is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Playing feels like a stark, rule-bound exercise in pure logic, stripped of all visual and sensory frippery.
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About
Released in 1982 for the ZX81 computer, *1K ZX Chess* is an early implementation of the strategy board game chess designed to run within one kilobyte of memory. This title adapts the classic rules of two opposing players moving pieces across a standard grid, optimized specifically for the hardware constraints of the era's personal computers.
Screenshots
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Sega Chess (1991)- More like this game, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.