Videocart 20 - Schach is a simulator developed by SABA, released 31 December 1979 on Fairchild Channel F.
What Videocart 20 - Schach is
Videocart 20 - Schach is a simulator game developed by SABA and released in 1979. It is available on Fairchild Channel F only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Schach (German for "chess") was released for the Saba Videoplay, a Channel F-compatible system that Fairchild licensed for the European market. In this early chess simulation you can only play against the machine, as there is no multiplayer support. The player can chose either the white (actually green on screen) or black (actually red) pieces, and can select from 4 different AI difficulties. The easiest AI plays its turns in a matter of seconds but, as the difficulty increases, each turn can take several minutes. In the highest difficulty, the AI can take up to 50(!) minutes to decide its move. To allow the player to watch something else on the TV while the system is busy, the game cart…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
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When did Videocart 20 - Schach come out?
Videocart 20 - Schach was released on 31 December 1979 for Fairchild Channel F.
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