| Spectrum Chess |
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| Release Date | 1982 |
| Original Publisher | Artic Computing Ltd (UK) |
| Min. Hardware | ZX-Spectrum 48K |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Game: Board |
| Max. Players | 1 |
| Original Price | £9.45 |
| Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX | 9.95 *** Data provided by SPOT/SPEX is unconfirmed. Please help us validate this information! |
| Inspirations | Chess (Board) |
| Martijn's WoS score | 48% (5 votes) |
Standalone re-releases
| #1 - Aackosoft (Netherlands) | as "Spec Chess" | ||
| #2 - Paxman Promotions (UK) | (1982) | ||
| * Release price: £8.45 | |||
| #3 - Profisoft [1] (Germany) | (1982) |
Authors/Contributors
| Chris A. Thornton (UK) | - ? | ||
| Stuart Hughes | - Inlay/Poster Art |
Remarks
| non-speaking variant of Spectrum Voice Chess; also, cf. Spectrum Chess 2 |
Series "SpectrumChess"
| 1. | Spectrum Chess | (1982) | by Artic Computing Ltd (UK) | |
| 2. | Spectrum Chess II | (1982) | by Artic Computing Ltd (UK) |
Compilations
| Full version in | Games Pack | (1985) | by Paxman Promotions (UK) | ||
| Full version in | ZX-Spectrum Vega | (2015/Apr/24) | by Retro Computers Ltd (UK) |
Main File Downloads
| Filename | Release | Machine | Scheme | Language | Comments | |
 | SpectrumChess(different).tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | - (different) |
| SpectrumChess.tzx.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| SpectrumChess_2.tap.zip | Original | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (???) | English | |
| SpectrumChess(SpecChess)(Aackosoft).tzx.zip | #1 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| SpectrumChess(PaxmanPromotions).tzx.zip | #2 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) | English | |
| Chess(Profisoft).tzx.zip | #3 | ZX-Spectrum 48K | (None) |
Additional File Downloads
| Filename | Size | Release | Type | Language | Comments | |
| SpectrumChess.scr | 6,912 | Original | Loading screen | |||
| SpectrumChess.gif | 2,603 | Original | Running screen | |||
| SpectrumChess.jpg | 29,587 | Original | Inlay - Front | |||
| SpectrumChess_Front.png | 485,239 | Original | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| SpectrumChess(ProfisoftGmbH)_SideA.jpg | 79,994 | Original | Media scan | |||
| spectrumchess.rzx | 0 | Original | RZX playback file | - Recorded by Richard Bos | ||
| SpectrumChess(SpecChess)(Aackosoft).jpg | 128,385 | #1 | Inlay - Front | - Single jewel case | ||
| SpectrumChess(PaxmanPromotions).jpg | 46,902 | #2 | Inlay - Front |
Magazine Reviews
| Crash | issue v.1 #1-1984/Feb | page 59 | - Review - Crash Living Guide | |
| Crash | issue v.1 #4-1984/May | page 62 | - Review - Crash Living Guide | |
| Sinclair User | issue #8-1982/Nov supplement "Spectrum User" | page 9 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #10-1983/Jan | page 69 | - Review | |
| Sinclair User | issue #16-1983/Jul | page 103 | - Review | |
| ZX Magazín | issue 2001/Mar | page 7 | - Review |
Magazine References
| C&VG (Computer & Video Games) | issue #14-1982/Dec | page 16 | - News/Note | |
| Popular Computing Weekly | issue v.2 #3-1983/Jan/20 special "week#3" | page 12 | - Feature - Chequered nature of micro chess | |
| ZX Computing | issue #8-1983/Aug | page 69 | - News/Note | |
| ZX Computing | issue #26-1986/Jun | page 30 | - Feature - Checkmate - chess programs compared |
Magazine Advertisements
Links
| RZX Archive | (Information - in English) | |
| The Tipshop | (Information - in English) | |
| UVL | (Information - in English) | |
| ZX Spectrum Reviews | (Magazine Reviews) | |
| Spectrum 2.0 | (User Reviews) | |
| The TZX Vault | (Software Preservation) | |
| ZX-Art | (Spectrum Graphics) | |
| ZXInfo | (ZXDB Front End) | |
| Every Game Going | (Multi-Platform Archive) | |
| New World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Original World Of Spectrum | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| World Of Spectrum Classic | (Spectrum Archive) | |
| Spectrum Computing | (MAIN VIEW) |
