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* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Pawn vs Pawn.
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* VisualPun[=/=]VoluntaryShapeshifting: In one version, Queen takes Queen has them [[CatFight turning into cats and fighting to the death]].
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Battle Chess: Chinese Chess contains examples of:
* BalefulPolymorph[=/=]VisualPun: When a Cannon blasts a Minister, the latter turns into an elephant before crumbling. This is a reference to the fact that the latter piece originated as a ''gajah'', or elephant, and that on one side the pieces are labeled as elephants.
* NoSell: Pretty much any piece takes Cannon or Chariot.
* StoutStrength: Ministers are rather rotund, and are strong enough to defeat charioteers in dragon form.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting[=/=]OurDragonsAreDifferent: How Chariots fight.
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** [[Series/TheWildWildWest King attacks Queen]].
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It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
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It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} [[TabletopGame/{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Queen has powers to do this. For instance, her checkmate involves turning the King into both a donkey and a frog.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Queen has powers to do this. For instance, her checkmate involves turning the King into both a donkey and a frog.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard:frog. The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When queen attempts this when defending against the Queen tries knight, only for it to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.be reflected.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard:
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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked by a Knight or a Pawn.
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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist by Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked HoistByHisOwnPetard:
** When attacked, the Queen's magical attack gets reflected by aKnight or a Pawn.knight's shield.
** Bishop vs. bishop has an electrical attack made by the defender which is then reflected.
** When attacked, the Queen's magical attack gets reflected by a
** Bishop vs. bishop has an electrical attack made by the defender which is then reflected.
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* GenderBender: As per the rules of chess, a Pawn who reaches the end of the board can turn into a queen. Which means that that ordinary, bearded infantryman will turn into a [[AttractiveBentGender jawdroppingly gorgeous woman]].
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* SpitOutAShoe: The rook spits out the queen's tiara after swallowing her.
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* {{Flynning}}: The Bishop does this quite a bit. It's practicality is averted [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he's jumped by a King]].
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* {{Flynning}}: The Bishop does this quite a bit. It's Its practicality is averted [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he's jumped by a King]].
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* {{Flynning}}: The Bishop does this quite a bit. Its practicality is averted [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he's jumped by a King]].
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* {{Flynning}}: The Bishop does this quite a bit. Its It's practicality is averted [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he's jumped by a King]].
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** The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack,) the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic,) the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: A hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... Jumping to the next square!
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... Jumping to the next square!
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** The King. While every other piece has sticks to a general technique they'll use (the - the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack,) attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic,) magic - the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: A hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too,who as he uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... Jumping to the next square!
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too,
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* ArtificialStupidity: As mentioned in the main blurb, the AI isn't the sharpest to ever appear in the chess game. It's arguably worst in the NES port, where it's so adamant on never losing any pieces that putting so much as an enemy pawn in position to be captured will cause the CPU to lock up while it tries to think of a way out of the predicament.
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''Battle Chess'' is a series of TabletopGame/{{chess}} programs for various PC and console platforms, made back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way: the chess pieces are all animated, and every time a piece was moved, you can see an animation. Every time there is a capture, the capturing piece fights a little battle with the captured piece on the board. Since the rules of chess are still in effect, the result of these battles is always a ForegoneConclusion, but the battles are fun to watch, especially on early plays (watching the same animation for the millionth time, however…).
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[Franchise/StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on Steam.
''Battle Chess'' is a series of TabletopGame/{{chess}} programs for various PC and console platforms, made back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way: the chess pieces are all animated, and every time a piece was moved, you can see an animation. Every time there is a capture, the capturing piece fights a little battle with the captured piece on the board. Since the rules of chess are still in effect, the result of these battles is always a ForegoneConclusion, but the battles are fun to watch, especially on early plays (watching the same animation for the millionth time, however…).
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[Franchise/StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on Steam.
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[[caption-width-right:280:HotConsort [[ShockAndAwe zaps knight]].]]
knight]]]].
''Battle Chess'' is a series ofTabletopGame/{{chess}} TabletopGame/{{Chess}} programs for various PC and console platforms, made back in the late 1980s 1980's and early 1990s.
1990's.
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way:the The chess pieces are all animated, and every time a piece was moved, you can see an animation. Every time there is a capture, the capturing piece fights a little battle with the captured piece on the board. Since the rules of chess are still in effect, the result of these battles is always a ForegoneConclusion, but the battles are fun to watch, especially on early plays (watching the same animation for the millionth time, however…).
however...)
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[Franchise/StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]].American [[UsefulNotes/TheUnitedStates American]] versions of the game did include gorier battles.
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released onSteam.UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}.
''Battle Chess'' is a series of
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way:
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[Franchise/StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]].
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In ''Battle Chess'', it is a ''rock monster.''
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In ''Battle Chess'', it is a ''rock monster.''
monster''.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Pawn vsPawnPawn.
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* AsideGlance: When a Queen attacks a Pawn, she uses her magic to make his spear vanish. The Pawn briefly looks at the player in response, as if to say "what the hell?!".
** Same for a King attacking a Knight--the Knight catches the CartoonBomb the King bats at him, blinks at the player, then looks down when he realizes the fuse is burning out. [[StuffBlowingUp Kaboom]].
** Same for a King attacking a Knight--the Knight catches the CartoonBomb the King bats at him, blinks at the player, then looks down when he realizes the fuse is burning out. [[StuffBlowingUp Kaboom]].
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* AsideGlance: When a Queen attacks a Pawn, she uses her magic to make his spear vanish. The Pawn briefly looks at the player in response, as if to say "what say: "What the hell?!".
hell?!"
** Same for a King attacking aKnight--the Knight -- the Knight catches the CartoonBomb the King bats at him, blinks at the player, then looks down when he realizes the fuse is burning out. [[StuffBlowingUp Kaboom]].
** Same for a King attacking a
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** The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... jumping to the next square!
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... jumping to the next square!
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** The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), attack,) the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), magic,) the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a A hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by...jumping Jumping to the next square!
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by...
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* DenserAndWackier: ''Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess'' versus ''Battle Chess''. The animations are much more comedic than serious: for instance, Pawn vs. Pawn results in the attacking Pawn getting frustrated at the defending Pawn dodging all his attacks, simply throwing down his ''ge'' in a rage, and sucker-punching the defending Pawn with a mean right hook.
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* DenserAndWackier: ''Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess'' versus ''Battle Chess''. The animations are much more comedic than serious: for For instance, Pawn vs. Pawn results in the attacking Pawn getting frustrated at the defending Pawn dodging all his attacks, simply throwing down his ''ge'' in a rage, and sucker-punching the defending Pawn with a mean right hook.
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-->'''Pawn: '''Whoo! I'll show YOU a royal good time.
* EnhancedRemake: ''Battle Chess Enhanced'' (which used the CD-ROM technology for better graphics and sound). Interplay has released [[http://www.interplay.com/games/battlechess.php a remake]] on Steam.
* TheFatalist: The pawn in the tutorial. The way he sees it, we all come to the same fate in the end...we're all doomed.
* EnhancedRemake: ''Battle Chess Enhanced'' (which used the CD-ROM technology for better graphics and sound). Interplay has released [[http://www.interplay.com/games/battlechess.php a remake]] on Steam.
* TheFatalist: The pawn in the tutorial. The way he sees it, we all come to the same fate in the end...we're all doomed.
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* TheFatalist: The
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay - Chess Wars'', ''Franchise/StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames LicensedGame[=s=] (''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay - Chess Wars'', ''Franchise/StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ [[http://tinyurl.com/lvgj7f9 Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]release]].
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* GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjZqAInK0E The Rook in its tutorial]], not too dissimilar to TheIncredibleHulk, right down to a pechant for smashing.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted the queen to look like, how she should move, etc. So he drew her animations exactly like he wanted... and then added a pet duck that made no sense in the context. The executive told him it looked great except the duck had to go, and he ended up with exactly the original design.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted the queen to look like, how she should move, etc. So he drew her animations exactly like he wanted... and then added a pet duck that made no sense in the context. The executive told him it looked great except the duck had to go, and he ended up with exactly the original design.
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* GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjZqAInK0E The Rook in its tutorial]], not too dissimilar to TheIncredibleHulk, the Comicbook/IncredibleHulk, right down to a pechant penchant for smashing.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted thequeen Queen to look like, how she should move, etc. So he drew her animations exactly like he wanted... and And then added a pet duck that made no sense in the context. The executive told him it looked great except the duck had to go, and he ended up with exactly the original design.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted the
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* HenpeckedHusband: In the 3DO tutorial, the King makes a joke about the Queen nagging him and never letting him get any peace. The joke is he says that during his explanation of a chess strategy: while the King ''can'' capture a Queen, in practical terms he can never get close enough to threaten her. But the Queen can constantly harass him around the board.
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* HenpeckedHusband: In the 3DO [[UsefulNotes/ThreeDOInteractiveMultiplayer 3DO]] tutorial, the King makes a joke about the Queen nagging him and never letting him get any peace. The joke is he says that during his explanation of a chess strategy: while While the King ''can'' capture a Queen, in practical terms he can never get close enough to threaten her. But the Queen can constantly harass him around the board.
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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked by a Knight or a Pawn.
* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* ImAHumanitarian \ SwallowedWhole: When a Rook attacks a Queen, he simply picks her up and eats her, then belches.
* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from ''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* ImAHumanitarian \ SwallowedWhole: When a Rook attacks a Queen, he simply picks her up and eats her, then belches.
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* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By by Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked by a Knight or a Pawn.
* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
* ImAHumanitarian\ / SwallowedWhole: When a Rook attacks a Queen, he simply picks her up and eats her, then belches.
* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from
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* PimpedOutDress: Either on the package, or in the game, the queen's dress is pimped out.
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* PimpedOutDress: Either on the package, or in the game, the queen's Queen's dress is pimped out.
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* RockMonster: The rooks. At rest they're just a stone tower, but they transform into a rock monster to move and attack.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Queen, certainly. The King, not so much (until the end game).
* SexyPackaging: The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Queen, certainly. The King, not so much (until the end game).
* SexyPackaging: The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
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* RockMonster: The rooks.Rooks. At rest they're just a stone tower, but they transform into a rock monster to move and attack.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Queen, certainly. The King, not so much (until the endgame).
game.)
* SexyPackaging: Thequeen's Queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.[[http://i.imgur.com/pb76ofQ.jpg in the game]].
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** [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk King attacks Bishop]], considering the Bishop's signature style
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Knight]].
** [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk King attacks Bishop]], considering the Bishop's signaturestylestyle.
** [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk King attacks Bishop]], considering the Bishop's signature
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: If the King attacks a Bishop, the King eventually does just that after growing bored with the Bishop's unsuccessful staff-twirling atacks.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: If the King attacks a Bishop, the King eventually does just that after growing bored with the Bishop's unsuccessful staff-twirling atacks.attacks.
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* ImAHumanitarian \ SwallowedWhole: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
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** Same for a King attacking a Knight--the Knight catches the CartoonBomb the King bats at him, blinks at the player, then looks down when he realizes the fuse is burning out. [[StuffBlowingUp Kaboom]].
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* {{Flynning}}: The Bishop does this quite a bit. Its practicality is averted [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he's jumped by a King]].
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In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
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In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[StarWars [[Franchise/StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay - Chess Wars'', ''StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay - Chess Wars'', ''StarWars ''Franchise/StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
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It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]].
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It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]]. A remake has been released on Steam.
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* EnhancedRemake: ''Battle Chess Enhanced'' (which used the CD-ROM technology for better graphics and sound). Interplay is also working on [[http://www.interplay.com/games/battlechess.php a remake]], but it seems to have become VaporWare.
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* EnhancedRemake: ''Battle Chess Enhanced'' (which used the CD-ROM technology for better graphics and sound). Interplay is also working on has released [[http://www.interplay.com/games/battlechess.php a remake]], but it seems to have become VaporWare.remake]] on Steam.
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars'', ''StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
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* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day (''Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay - Chess Wars'', ''StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: In Pawn vs Pawn
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* BladeOnAStick: The Bishop's main weaponweapon is a retractable blade built into his cross staff.
** Pawns carry spears as well.
** Pawns carry spears as well.
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In Battle Chess, it is a ''rock monster.''
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* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In Battle Chess, ''Battle Chess'', it is a ''rock monster.''
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* BalefulPolymorph: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
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* BalefulPolymorph: The Queen has powers to do this. For instance, her checkmate involves turning the King into both a donkey and a frog.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
** HoistByHisOwnPetard: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
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* BloodierAndGorier (The BloodierAndGorier: The American version)version
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* CutScene (the point of this game over other chess games of the era)
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* CutScene (the CutScene: The point of this game over other chess games of the era)era.
* EnhancedRemake: ''Battle Chess Enhanced'' (which used the CD-ROM technology for better graphics and sound). Interplay is also working on [[http://www.interplay.com/games/battlechess.php a remake]], but it seems to have become VaporWare.
* FollowTheLeader: Apart from LicensedGames (''{{Terminator}} 2: Judgment Day - Chess Wars'', ''StarWars Chess''), many years later there was ''Battle Vs. Chess'', a copy so blatant [[http://news.bigdownload.com/2010/12/25/interplay-wins-injunction-against-topwares-battle-vs-chess-game/ Interplay sued and prevented an US release.]]
* GeniusBruiser: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbjZqAInK0E The Rook in its tutorial]], not too dissimilar to TheIncredibleHulk, right down to a pechant for smashing.
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* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
* ImAHumanitarian: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
* ImAHumanitarian: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
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* {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
''MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
*ImAHumanitarian: ImAHumanitarian \ SwallowedWhole: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
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* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous figure.
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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Given Rook is made of stone, a few of his deaths involve this.
* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuousfigure.figure and does a SexyWalk.
* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous
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* PlotlineDeath (well, PlotlineDeath: Well, insofar as chess has plotlines)plotlines.
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* SexyPackaging (The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
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* SexyPackaging (The SexyPackaging: The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
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* Homage: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
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* Homage: {{Homage}}: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
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* AsideGlance: When a Queen attacks a Pawn, she uses her magic to make his spear vanish. The Pawn briefly looks at the player in response, as if to say "what the hell?!".
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* CombatPragmatist: The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
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* CombatPragmatist: CombatPragmatist:
** The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take outBishops.Bishops.
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... jumping to the next square!
** The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out
** To an extent, the Pawn is this too, who uses dirty tactics against his opponents. Against other Pawns, he stamps the butt of his spear on the opponent's foot; against Knights, simply [[GroinAttack knees him between the legs]]; against Bishops, he positions him over a hidden trapdoor; against Rooks, he uses a GroinAttack and then grinds him to pieces with the butt of his spear; against the Queen, he chucks a dagger into her back when she tries to walk away; when checkmating the King, he simply [[KlingonPromotion hoists the King's crown and takes it for his own]]. Finally, when captured by a Queen, he tries to escape by... jumping to the next square!
* DefeatByModesty: When a Knight checkmates a King, a sword slash causes his robe to fall off, leaving him completely naked and sheepishly covering himself. The Knight just laughs.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: The King's fate if checkmated by a Bishop, who uses his bladed crosier to slice him into three pieces.
* Homage: When a Knight takes another Knight, they re-enact the famous scene with the Black Knight from MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail.
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* KlingonPromotion: When a Pawn attacks checkmates a King.
* OffWithHisHead: The fate of a Bishop when captured by a Knight.
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* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook.
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* SquashedFlat: The fate of the King when checkmated by a Rook. It even picks him up to show the player before dropping him, where he floats to the ground like a piece of paper.
* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by aRook.Rook, drops his spear and tries to surrender. The Rook promptly [[HulkSmash pummels him]] into the ground.
* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Queen attacks any piece other than the King.
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* RockMonster: The rooks. At rest they're just a stone tower, but they transform into a rock monster to move and attack.
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[[caption-width-right:280:HotConsort [[ShockAndAwe zaps knight]].]]
''Battle Chess'' is a series of TabletopGame/{{chess}} programs for various PC and console platforms, made back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way: the chess pieces are all animated, and every time a piece was moved, you can see an animation. Every time there is a capture, the capturing piece fights a little battle with the captured piece on the board. Since the rules of chess are still in effect, the result of these battles is always a ForegoneConclusion, but the battles are fun to watch, especially on early plays (watching the same animation for the millionth time, however…).
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]].
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In Battle Chess, it is a ''rock monster.''
* AmusingInjuries
* AxCrazy: In the tutorial, the Rook loves talking about smashing things. And while talking about castling, "I'm only going to go through it ONCE. If you don't understand, I'll smash YOU!"
* BalefulPolymorph: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
* BerserkButton: Don't try to seduce the King if you don't mean it. And never taunt or insult the Pawn.
* BloodierAndGorier (The American version)
* CombatPragmatist: The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
* CutScene (the point of this game over other chess games of the era)
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Pawn attacks Queen.
-->'''Pawn: '''Whoo! I'll show YOU a royal good time.
* TheFatalist: The pawn in the tutorial. The way he sees it, we all come to the same fate in the end...we're all doomed.
* ForegoneConclusion
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted the queen to look like, how she should move, etc. So he drew her animations exactly like he wanted... and then added a pet duck that made no sense in the context. The executive told him it looked great except the duck had to go, and he ended up with exactly the original design.
* GroinAttack: When a Pawn attacks a Knight.
* HenpeckedHusband: In the 3DO tutorial, the King makes a joke about the Queen nagging him and never letting him get any peace. The joke is he says that during his explanation of a chess strategy: while the King ''can'' capture a Queen, in practical terms he can never get close enough to threaten her. But the Queen can constantly harass him around the board.
* HighPressureEmotion: When one Pawn attacks another.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked by a Knight or a Pawn.
* ImAHumanitarian: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
* KlingonPromotion: When a Pawn attacks a King.
* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous figure.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: When a Pawn attacks a Bishop.
* OhCrap: Any piece that, when attacked, has time to realize things are going pear-shaped.
* PimpedOutDress: Either on the package, or in the game, the queen's dress is pimped out.
* PlotlineDeath (well, insofar as chess has plotlines)
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Queen, certainly. The King, not so much.
* SexyPackaging (The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
* ShoutOut:
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Knight attacks Knight]]
** [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk King attacks Bishop]], considering the Bishop's signature style
* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: If the King attacks a Bishop, the King eventually does just that after growing bored with the Bishop's unsuccessful staff-twirling atacks.
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[[caption-width-right:280:HotConsort [[ShockAndAwe zaps knight]].]]
''Battle Chess'' is a series of TabletopGame/{{chess}} programs for various PC and console platforms, made back in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
In most respects, it is an ordinary chess program, not even as smart as most PC chess programs of the time. But it is different in one way: the chess pieces are all animated, and every time a piece was moved, you can see an animation. Every time there is a capture, the capturing piece fights a little battle with the captured piece on the board. Since the rules of chess are still in effect, the result of these battles is always a ForegoneConclusion, but the battles are fun to watch, especially on early plays (watching the same animation for the millionth time, however…).
In other words, it's basically a chess game that plays like [[StarWars Holochess]] or [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizard's Chess]]. American versions of the game did include gorier battles.
It had sequels: ''Battle Chess 4000'', which is normal chess but [[RecycledInSpace with sci-fi characters used as chess pieces]], and ''Battle Chess II: [[{{Xiangqi}} Chinese Chess]]'', based on [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the Chinese Chess board game]].
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!!Tropes:
* AdaptationalBadass: The Rook, in the original board game, is a watchtower of some kind. In Battle Chess, it is a ''rock monster.''
* AmusingInjuries
* AxCrazy: In the tutorial, the Rook loves talking about smashing things. And while talking about castling, "I'm only going to go through it ONCE. If you don't understand, I'll smash YOU!"
* BalefulPolymorph: The animation of a Knight capturing a Queen. When the Queen tries to zap the Knight with a spell, he deflects the spell with his shield, so that the Queen is hit instead, turning her into a dragon that the Knight then slays.
* BerserkButton: Don't try to seduce the King if you don't mean it. And never taunt or insult the Pawn.
* BloodierAndGorier (The American version)
* CombatPragmatist: The King. While every other piece has a general technique they'll use (the Pawn's spear and Bishop's crozier, the Rook's sheer brute force (he turns into a rock monster to move and attack), the Knight's sword and shield and the Queen's magic), the King has a unique weapon for each piece he attacks: a hidden flail in his sceptre to take down Pawns, magic shrinking powder to remove Rooks, seduction of the Queen before [[WouldHitAGirl clubbing her out]], [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to dispatch Knights, and [[CoolGuns freakin' guns]] to take out Bishops.
* CutScene (the point of this game over other chess games of the era)
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Pawn attacks Queen.
-->'''Pawn: '''Whoo! I'll show YOU a royal good time.
* TheFatalist: The pawn in the tutorial. The way he sees it, we all come to the same fate in the end...we're all doomed.
* ForegoneConclusion
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A really funny variation by the artist who drew the Queen. He knew he was working with meddlesome executives, and he also knew exactly what he wanted the queen to look like, how she should move, etc. So he drew her animations exactly like he wanted... and then added a pet duck that made no sense in the context. The executive told him it looked great except the duck had to go, and he ended up with exactly the original design.
* GroinAttack: When a Pawn attacks a Knight.
* HenpeckedHusband: In the 3DO tutorial, the King makes a joke about the Queen nagging him and never letting him get any peace. The joke is he says that during his explanation of a chess strategy: while the King ''can'' capture a Queen, in practical terms he can never get close enough to threaten her. But the Queen can constantly harass him around the board.
* HighPressureEmotion: When one Pawn attacks another.
* [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: The Queen when attacked by a Knight or a Pawn.
* ImAHumanitarian: When a Rook attacks a Queen.
* KlingonPromotion: When a Pawn attacks a King.
* MsFanservice: The Queen, especially in the later CD-ROM version of the game, has a rather voluptuous figure.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: When a Pawn attacks a Bishop.
* OhCrap: Any piece that, when attacked, has time to realize things are going pear-shaped.
* PimpedOutDress: Either on the package, or in the game, the queen's dress is pimped out.
* PlotlineDeath (well, insofar as chess has plotlines)
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: The Queen, certainly. The King, not so much.
* SexyPackaging (The queen's [[PrettyInMink ermine-trimmed]] [[RequisiteRoyalRegalia robe]] is a lot skimpier in the packaging than [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v54/wyldink/Battle_Chess-2.jpg in the game]].
* ShoutOut:
** [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Knight attacks Knight]]
** [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk King attacks Bishop]], considering the Bishop's signature style
* TooDumbToLive: The Pawn, when attacked by a Rook.
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: If the King attacks a Bishop, the King eventually does just that after growing bored with the Bishop's unsuccessful staff-twirling atacks.
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