Chessmaster 2000 - DOS




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box cover Game title: Chessmaster 2000 Platform: MS-DOS Author (released): Software Toolworks (1986) Genre: Puzzle Mode: Multiplayer Design: David Kittinger, Art Huff, Michael E. Duffy, Walt Bilofsky, ... Music: Game manual: manual.pdf File size: 9418 kB Download: cm2000.zip Game size: 134 kB Recommended emulator: DOSBox From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:    The Chessmaster 2000 is a computer chess game by The Software Toolworks. It was the first in the Chessmaster series and published in 1986. It was released for Amiga, Apple II, Atari 8-bit computers, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, MSX, Macintosh, and IBM PC compatibles.    Chessmaster 2000 is a chess engine made for chess players from novice to professional skill levels. Players choose from 12 different skill levels to play against, and can have aides in game to assist them, such as hints offered by the CPU. Players could also turn the board 90 degrees in 3D.   The Chessmaster 2000 (DOS) The game has documentation on famous chess matches from past tournaments, and allows players to recreate the positions from those events. Copies of the game were also bundled with an illustrated booklet from the U.S. Chess Federation, and included a discount membership to the USCF.    Compute! stated that Chessmaster 2000 'is now the yardstick for which other similar programs will be measured', and favorably cited Software Toolworks' decision to give all versions of the game the same sophisticated engine. In 1986, Computer Gaming World wrote of the IBM PC version, 'I wish I could find something negative to include in this review but I can't ... It gets my absolute highest recommendation'. It was noted that the game had a sophisticated defense, but would resign in hopeless situations without forcing the human to finish an inevitable win. The magazine also favorably reviewed the Amiga version, calling the graphics 'exceptional' and concluding 'highly recommended'. Info gave the Amiga version five stars out of five, describing it as 'the definitive chess program for the AMIGA', praising the graphics, user interface, and options. The magazine gave the Commodore 64 version three stars out of five, stating that it had almost all of the Amiga version's features but criticizing the requirement of using algebraic notation to move. Antic found that Chessmaster 2000 defeated Colossus Chess and Odesta Chess. The magazine criticized the Atari 8-bit version's playability, stating that 'the 3-D display is unusable even on a very good monitor–you can't tell the overlapping pieces apart', lack of a chess clock, and poor documentation and controls.    Bob Ewald reviewed Chessmaster 2000 in Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer No. 78. Ewald commented that 'It is a good program for learning the game, playing on many different competitive levels, ease of movement, and replaying famous games.'    Chessmaster 2000 became the first and only chess game to be the top-rated game in Computer Gaming World's reader poll, with a score of 7.25 out of 10. In 1988, it was among the first members of the magazine's Hall of Fame, honoring those games rated highly over time by readers. In 1996, Computer Gaming World declared the original Chessmaster the 46th-best computer game ever released.    The game sold 140,000 copies. More details about this game can be found on Wikipedia.org. For fans and collectors: Find this game on video server YouTube.com or Vimeo.com. Buy original version of this game on Amazon.com or eBay.com. Find digital download of this game on GOG or Steam.   Platform: This ver­sion of Chessmaster 2000 was de­sig­ned for per­so­nal com­pu­ters with o­pe­ra­ting sys­tem MS-DOS (Mi­cro­soft Disk O­pe­ra­ting Sys­tem), which was o­pe­ra­ting sys­tem de­ve­lo­ped by Mi­cro­soft in 1981. It was the most wi­de­ly-used o­pe­ra­ting sys­tem in the first half of the 1990s. MS-DOS was sup­plied with most of the IBM com­pu­ters that pur­cha­sed a li­cen­se from Mi­cro­soft. Af­ter 1995, it was pu­s­hed out by a gra­phi­cal­ly mo­re ad­van­ced sys­tem - Win­dows and its de­ve­lop­ment was ce­a­sed in 2000. At the ti­me of its grea­test fa­me, se­ve­ral thou­sand ga­mes de­sig­ned spe­ci­fi­cal­ly for com­pu­ters with this sys­tem we­re cre­a­ted. To­day, its de­ve­lop­ment is no lon­ger con­ti­nue and for e­mu­la­tion the free DOSBox e­mu­la­tor is most of­ten used. Mo­re in­for­ma­ti­on about MS-DOS operating system can be found here.   Available online emulators: 5 different online emulators are available for Chessmaster 2000. These emulators differ not only in the technology they use to emulate old games, but also in support of various game controllers, multiplayer mode, mobile phone touchscreen, emulation speed, absence or presence of embedded ads and in many other parameters. For maximum gaming enjoyment, it's important to choose the right emulator, because on each PC and in different Internet browsers, the individual emulators behave differently. The basic features of each emulator available for this game Chessmaster 2000 are summarized in the following table:   Emulator Technology Multiplayer Fullscreen Touchscreen Speed Archive.org JavaScript YES NO NO fast js-dos JavaScript YES YES NO fast js-dos 6.22 JavaScript YES YES NO fast jsDosBox JavaScript YES NO NO slow jDosBox Java applet YES YES NO fast



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