Chess - The Turk
Release Date  1983
Original Publisher  Oxford Computer Publishing (UK)
Min. Hardware  ZX-Spectrum 48K
Genre  Game: Board
Max. Players  1
Original Price  £8.95
Original Price according to SPOT/SPEX  9.95
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Inspirations  Chess (Board)
Martijn's WoS score  80.4% (25 votes)

Re-releases
     #1 - ABC Soft (Spain)(1983)
     #2 - Microparadise Software (Spain)(1984)as "Ajedrez Karpov Profesional"
     #3 - Individual Software Service (Germany)(1983)as "Schach"

Authors/Contributors
     James Hutchby (UK) - ?

Compilations
     Full version inChess - The Turk + Psi-Gamesby Prism Leisure Corporation PLC (UK)

Main File Downloads
     FilenameReleaseMachineSchemeLanguageComments
Chess-TheTurk(French).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)French
Chess-TheTurk(different).tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English - (different)
Chess-TheTurk.tap.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(???)English
Chess-TheTurk.tzx.zipOriginalZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English
Chess-TheTurk(ABCSoft).tzx.zip#1ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)Spanish
 Chess-TheTurk(AjedrezKarpovProfesional)(MicroparadiseSoftware).z80.zip#2ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)Spanish
Chess-TheTurk(Schach)(IndividualSoftwareService).tzx.zip#3ZX-Spectrum 48K(None)English

Additional File Downloads
     FilenameSizeReleaseTypeLanguageComments
     Chess-TheTurk.scr6,912OriginalLoading screen
     Chess-TheTurk.gif3,903OriginalRunning screen
     Chess-TheTurk(FrenchVersion).jpg49,486OriginalInlay - Front
     Chess-TheTurk_Front.jpg65,677OriginalInlay - Front
     Chess-TheTurk_Back.jpg42,269OriginalInlay - Back
     Chess-TheTurk.txt10,604OriginalInstructionsEnglish
     Chess-TheTurk.jpg56,005OriginalAdvertisement
     chessturk.rzx0OriginalRZX playback file - Recorded by Richard Bos
     Chess-TheTurk(ABCAnalog)_Front.jpg186,824#1Inlay - Front
     Chess-TheTurk(ABCAnalog)_Back.jpg152,136#1Inlay - Back
     Chess-TheTurk(ABCAnalog).txt9,025#1InstructionsSpanish
     Chess-TheTurk(AjedrezKarpovProfesional)(MicroparadiseSoftware).scr6,912#2Loading screen
     Chess-TheTurk(AjedrezKarpovProfesional)(MicroparadiseSoftware).jpg239,014#2Inlay - Front
     Chess-TheTurk(Schach)(IndividualSoftwareService)_Front.jpg408,513#3Inlay - Front
     Chess-TheTurk(Schach)(IndividualSoftwareService)_Back.jpg160,553#3Inlay - Back
     Chess-TheTurk(Schach)(IndividualSoftwareService)(DE)_Scan.pdf2,707,060#3Scanned instructionsGerman

Magazine Reviews
     Crashissue v.1 #1-1984/Febpage 59- Review - Crash Living Guide
     Crashissue v.1 #4-1984/Maypage 62- Review - Crash Living Guide
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #57-1984/Apr/10 special "week#2"page 29- Review
     Sinclair Userissue #21-1983/Decpage 48- Review
     ZX Magazínissue 2001/Marpage 8- Review

Magazine References
     Computer Choiceissue 1984/Maypage 34- Feature - King of the Castle
     Home Computing Weeklyissue #8-1983/Apr/26 special "week#4"page 7- News/Note
     ZX Computingissue #25-1986/Maypage 20- Feature - Checkmate - chess programs compared
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 30- Feature - Checkmate - chess programs compared
     ZX Computingissue #26-1986/Junpage 34- Offer

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