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The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100

First we took The Chessmaster 2000 and added 10 man-years of work by our programmers and graphic artists... Then we supercharged its brain with the latest, most powerful, chess-playing technology direct from…

31 December 1988

The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 is a strategy developed by The Software Toolworks, released 31 December 1988 on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS and Commodore C64/128/MAX.

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What The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 is

The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 is a strategy game developed by The Software Toolworks and released in 1988. It is available on Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

The premise, in the publisher's words

First we took The Chessmaster 2000 and added 10 man-years of work by our programmers and graphic artists... Then we supercharged its brain with the latest, most powerful, chess-playing technology direct from the laboratories of Fidelity Electronics - the foremost manufacturer of dedicated chess computers - developers of the world's Only USCF Certified Master-Rated (2325) Chess Program!!! The resulting triumph contains every feature that skyrocketed "2000" to the top of the charts! Stunning 2-D and 3-D graphics, a mammoth opening library (now expanded to over 150,000 positions), "Hint", "Teaching" and "Show Best Variation" modes, and levels and styles of play from "Newcomer" to…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

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When did The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 come out?
The Fidelity Chessmaster 2100 was released on 31 December 1988 for Amiga, Apple II, Apple IIGS, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.

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