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| released  = 11 November 1998<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_70_December_1998/page/n25/mode/2up |title=Shorts: Lego Chess |magazine=[[Wikipedia:PC Zone|PC Zone]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Dennis Publishing|Dennish Publishing]] |issue=70 |date=December 1998 |page=26 |accessdate=2024-06-03}}</ref>
| released  = 11 November 1998<ref name="PCZ">{{cite magazine |url=https://archive.org/details/PC_Zone_70_December_1998/page/n25/mode/2up |title=Shorts: Lego Chess |magazine=[[Wikipedia:PC Zone|PC Zone]] |publisher=[[Wikipedia:Dennis Publishing|Dennish Publishing]] |issue=70 |date=December 1998 |page=26 |accessdate=2024-06-03}}</ref>
| genre      = [[Wikipedia:Computer chess|Computer chess]]
| genre      = [[Wikipedia:Computer chess|Computer chess]]
| modes      = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
| modes      = [[Wikipedia:Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Wikipedia:Multiplayer video game|Multiplayer]]
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[[File:LEGO Chess Pyramid Concept.png|thumb|Concept art of an Adventurers-themed environment|left]]
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[[File:LEGO Chess Flat Top Concept.png|thumb|Concept art of an Adventurers-themed environment]]
[[File:LEGO Chess Flat Top Concept.png|thumb|Concept art of an Adventurers-themed environment]]
''LEGO Chess'' was developed by Krisalis software. Early plans for the game included the Adventurers theme but that idea was cut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickstobytes.org/games/lego-chess |title=LEGO® Chess |website=Bricks to Bytes |accessdate=2024-06-03}}</ref>
''LEGO Chess'' was developed by Krisalis software. Early plans for the game included the Adventurers theme but that idea was cut.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://brickstobytes.org/games/lego-chess |title=LEGO Chess |website=Bricks to Bytes |accessdate=2024-06-03}}</ref>
 
== Release ==
''LEGO Chess'' was released on 11 November 1999. In the United Kingdom it was initially priced at £34.99 GBP.<ref name="PCZ"/>


== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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== External Links ==
* [[Wikipedia:Lego Chess|''Lego Chess'']] at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]]
* [https://www.mobygames.com/game/46867/lego-chess/ ''LEGO Chess''] at [[Wikipedia:MobyGames|MobyGames]]


{{LEGO Media International}}
{{LEGO Media International}}

Latest revision as of 13:30, 4 June 2024

LEGO Chess
Developer(s)Krisalis Software
Publisher(s)LEGO Media International
Director(s)Andrew Ware
Producer(s)Dave Upchurch
Programmer(s)Graeme Richardson
Artist(s)
Composer(s)
  • David R. Punshon
  • Richard Wells
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release11 November 1998[1]
Genre(s)Computer chess
Mode(s)Single-player, Multiplayer

LEGO Chess is a 1998 chess computer game developed by Krisalis Software and published by LEGO Media International for Microsoft Windows. The game is based on the Western and Pirates themes.[2]

Gameplay

Chess gameplay

Development

Concept art of an Adventurers-themed environment
Concept art of an Adventurers-themed environment

LEGO Chess was developed by Krisalis software. Early plans for the game included the Adventurers theme but that idea was cut.[3]

Release

LEGO Chess was released on 11 November 1999. In the United Kingdom it was initially priced at £34.99 GBP.[1]

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Shorts: Lego Chess". PC Zone. No. 70. Dennish Publishing. December 1998. p. 26. Retrieved 2024-06-03.
  2. "LEGO Chess". LEGO Media International. Archived from the original on 1999-11-03.
  3. "LEGO Chess". Bricks to Bytes. Retrieved 2024-06-03.

External Links