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* AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged with Luke and the Emperor. While the battle sequences involving both depict them being just as powerful as would be expected from them, during gameplay, they are used to represent the King, and are therefore not particularly useful for capturing other pieces.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged with Luke and the Emperor. While the battle sequences involving both depict them as being just as powerful as would be expected from them, during gameplay, they are used to represent the King, King and are therefore not particularly useful for capturing other pieces.
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** When he captures Darth Vader, His whole arm gets cut off by Vader's lightsaber. He then proceeds to pick up his arm, clash it with the lightsaber, and somehow deactivates it, allowing him to club Vader with his arm.
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** When he captures Darth Vader, His whole arm gets cut off by Vader's lightsaber. He then proceeds to pick up his arm, clash it with the lightsaber, and somehow deactivates deactivate it, allowing him to club Vader with his arm.
* ArtisticLicenseChess: When you promote a pawn it automatically promotes to a queen - you do not get the standard choice of queen, rook, knight or bishop.
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* CaneFu: Yoda uses this in lieu of a lightsaber.
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* CaneFu: Yoda uses this in lieu place of a lightsaber.
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* ManOnFire: If Yoda captures Boba Fett, he forces poor Boba's jetpack to malfunction, setting the bounty hunter aflame until he crashes in spectacular fashion.
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* ManOnFire: If Yoda captures Boba Fett, he forces poor Boba's jetpack to malfunction, setting the bounty hunter aflame until he crashes in spectacular fashion.spectacularly.
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** If the Empire wins, a you get a more ominous ending depicting the Death Star surrounded by TIE Fighters, as Darth Vader says "Now you know the power of the dark side."
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** If the Empire wins, a you get a more ominous ending depicting the Death Star surrounded by TIE Fighters, as Darth Vader says "Now you know the power of the dark side."
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** If R2-D2 captures a Tusken Raider, he takes hold of the Raider's weapon, and electrocutes it, absolutely ''frying'' them.
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** If R2-D2 captures a Tusken Raider, he takes hold of the Raider's weapon, weapon and electrocutes it, absolutely ''frying'' them.
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* YourSizeMayVary: In order to fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.
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* YourSizeMayVary: In order to To fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.
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** If Vader is on the winning side, however, 3PO isn't quite so lucky.
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** If Vader is on the winning side, however, 3PO isn't quite so lucky. That's right, [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail 'tis but a scratch.]]
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Jedi Master Yoda uses the Force to make a Stormtrooper themself rather than say, deflect their firepower.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Jedi Master Yoda uses the Force to make a Stormtrooper shoot themself rather than say, deflect their firepower.
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* InCaseYouForgotWhoWroteIt: Most versions of the game present ''The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess'' on the title screen and packaging, with the company name in the same font and size as the rest of the title.
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* ReducedToDust: Befalls a Tusken Raider who is electrocuted by R2-D2 and Chewbacca both by Boba Fett's flamethrower and the Emperor's force lightning.
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Downplayed. Luke beheads a Tusken Raider, whilst he gives a Stormtrooper a comparatively tame slash to the torso.
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* CaneFu: Yoda uses this in lieu of a lightsaber.
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* BulletCatch: Yoda does this with the blasters of an AT-ST.
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* NoSell: The Emperor's force lightning falls victim to this in all his defeat animations; some are more believable than others.
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* AnachronismStew: ''A New Hope'' farmboy Luke wields his green lightsaber from ''Return of the Jedi''.
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* AdaptationalJerkass: Jedi Master Yoda uses the Force to make a Stormtrooper themself rather than say, deflect their firepower.
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* CatchAndReturn: How Yoda defeats the Emperor.
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* MesACrowd: This is how Yoda defeats Darth Vader.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: All Force users, from Yoda to Luke to Vader to the Emperor, generally "become one with the Force" when they are defeated.
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* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: The battle animations include characters getting electrocuted, set on fire, shot in the heart, beaten to death, graphically exploding, or having limbs torn off.
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''Star Wars Chess'' is an adaptation of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} based on Film/StarWars, released for the MS-DOS, Sega CD, and Windows 3.x in 1993 by The Software Toolworks.
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''Star Wars Chess'' is an adaptation of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} based on Film/StarWars, ''Franchise/StarWars'', released for the MS-DOS, Sega CD, and Windows 3.x in 1993 by The Software Toolworks.
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The game is very similar to VideoGame/BattleChess, in that it takes an ordinary chess program and spices it up with animated pieces and battle animations whenever a piece is captured. However, naturally, the pieces are all represented by different characters from the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.
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The game is very similar to VideoGame/BattleChess, ''VideoGame/BattleChess'', in that it takes an ordinary chess program and spices it up with animated pieces and battle animations whenever a piece is captured. However, naturally, the pieces are all represented by different characters from the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.
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[[AC:It is a time of great competition\\
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future...]]
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future...]]
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* RingOut: Chewbacca defeats the Emperor by throwing him off the board.
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* RingOut: RingOut:
** Chewbacca defeats the Emperor by throwing him off the board.
** Chewbacca defeats the Emperor by throwing him off the board.
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* ShockAndAwe: The Emperor uses Force lightning in all of the battle animations featuring him.
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* ShockAndAwe: ShockAndAwe:
** The Emperor uses Force lightning in all of the battle animations featuring him.
** The Emperor uses Force lightning in all of the battle animations featuring him.
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* ManOnFire: If Yoda captures Boba Fett, he forces poor Boba's jetpack to malfunction, setting the bounty hunter aflame until he crashes in spectacular fashion.
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* ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory, and getting hurt a lot.
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* ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory, and getting hurt a lot.lot in the process.
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* YourSizeMayVary: In order to fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.
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* YourSizeMayVary: In order to fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.characters.
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* AbsenteeActor: Surprisingly, Han Solo is not a piece in this game, and doesn't appear in the game at all.
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* ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory.
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* ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory.victory, and getting hurt a lot.
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* MultipleEndings: There are two, depending on which side wins the game.
** If the Rebels win, you get a scene of the Death Star exploding.
** If the Empire wins, a you get a more ominous ending depicting the Death Star surrounded by TIE Fighters, as Darth Vader says "Now you know the power of the dark side."
** If the Rebels win, you get a scene of the Death Star exploding.
** If the Empire wins, a you get a more ominous ending depicting the Death Star surrounded by TIE Fighters, as Darth Vader says "Now you know the power of the dark side."
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* OpeningScroll: The game starts with one, in typical ''Star Wars'' fashion.
* PlayingWithFire: Some of Boba Fett's winning animations have him use his jet pack as a flamethrower.
* PlayingWithFire: Some of Boba Fett's winning animations have him use his jet pack as a flamethrower.
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* TheCameo: Han Solo appears frozen in carbonite in the background of the computer versions. The Sega CD version omits this.
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[[AC:It is a time of great competition\\
in the Galaxy. An uneasy state of\\
peace has been established\\
between the weakened forces of\\
the Galactic Empire and the\\
growing Rebel Alliance.\\
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During this uncertain period of\\
truce, the old adversaries settle\\
their differences through the\\
ancient, eternal game of CHESS.\\
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With their greatest heroes as\\
champions, the Empire and the\\
Rebel Alliance fight battles of\\
the mind.\\
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It is a new kind of warfare. One\\
that will decide the fate of\\
planets, civilizations and the\\
future...]]
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''Star Wars Chess'' is an adaptation of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} based on Film/StarWars, released for the MS-DOS, Sega CD, and Windows 3.x in 1993 by The Software Toolworks.
The game is very similar to VideoGame/BattleChess, in that it takes an ordinary chess program and spices it up with animated pieces and battle animations whenever a piece is captured. However, naturally, the pieces are all represented by different characters from the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.
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!!Tropes:
*AbsenteeActor: Surprisingly, Han Solo is not a piece in this game, and doesn't appear in the game at all.
*AdaptationalBadass: R2-D2. While he's a NonActionGuy in the movies, in this game, he can go toe-to-toe with the villainous members of the Empire and win, and some of the battle sequences where he wins are surprisingly brutal.
*AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged with Luke and the Emperor. While the battle sequences involving both depict them being just as powerful as would be expected from them, during gameplay, they are used to represent the King, and are therefore not particularly useful for capturing other pieces.
*AnArmAndALeg: Many animations involving C-3PO have him losing limbs. This can happen regardless of whether or not he's on the winning side.
** When he captures a Stormtrooper, his hand gets shot off before he wins.
** When he captures Darth Vader, His whole arm gets cut off by Vader's lightsaber. He then proceeds to pick up his arm, clash it with the lightsaber, and somehow deactivates it, allowing him to club Vader with his arm.
** If Vader is on the winning side, however, 3PO isn't quite so lucky.
*ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory.
*HoistByHisOwnPetard: If R2-D2 captures Darth Vader, he defeats him by stealing Vader's lightsaber out of his hands, and turning it on him.
*IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The difficulty levels for the AI players are represented by portraits of the various characters in the game. From easiest to hardest, we have Chewbacca, C-3PO, Yoda, and Luke for the Rebel side, and a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and the Emperor for the Empire side.
*ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[TropeNamer Naturally]], most of the Stormtrooper's losing animations have them take shots at the Rebels and miss.
*OffWithHisHead: A few of the battle animations have this.
** When Luke captures a Tusken Raider, Luke cuts the Raider's head off with his lightsaber. The body then subsequently gets pulled into a spontaneously appearing Sarlacc pit.
** If Boba Fett captures C-3PO, he backhands 3-PO in the face, causing his head to come unscrewed.
*RingOut: Chewbacca defeats the Emperor by throwing him off the board.
** Yoda also uses the Force to throw the Tusken Raider out of the board as well.
*ShockAndAwe: The Emperor uses Force lightning in all of the battle animations featuring him.
** If R2-D2 captures a Tusken Raider, he takes hold of the Raider's weapon, and electrocutes it, absolutely ''frying'' them.
*YourHeadAsplode: When Yoda captures a Stormtrooper, he uses a JediMindTrick to force the Stormtrooper to shoot themselves in the face, blowing their head clean off.
*YourSizeMayVary: In order to fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.
[[caption-width-right:350:some caption text]]
''Star Wars Chess'' is an adaptation of TabletopGame/{{Chess}} based on Film/StarWars, released for the MS-DOS, Sega CD, and Windows 3.x in 1993 by The Software Toolworks.
The game is very similar to VideoGame/BattleChess, in that it takes an ordinary chess program and spices it up with animated pieces and battle animations whenever a piece is captured. However, naturally, the pieces are all represented by different characters from the original ''Star Wars'' trilogy.
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!!Tropes:
*AbsenteeActor: Surprisingly, Han Solo is not a piece in this game, and doesn't appear in the game at all.
*AdaptationalBadass: R2-D2. While he's a NonActionGuy in the movies, in this game, he can go toe-to-toe with the villainous members of the Empire and win, and some of the battle sequences where he wins are surprisingly brutal.
*AdaptationalWimp: Zigzagged with Luke and the Emperor. While the battle sequences involving both depict them being just as powerful as would be expected from them, during gameplay, they are used to represent the King, and are therefore not particularly useful for capturing other pieces.
*AnArmAndALeg: Many animations involving C-3PO have him losing limbs. This can happen regardless of whether or not he's on the winning side.
** When he captures a Stormtrooper, his hand gets shot off before he wins.
** When he captures Darth Vader, His whole arm gets cut off by Vader's lightsaber. He then proceeds to pick up his arm, clash it with the lightsaber, and somehow deactivates it, allowing him to club Vader with his arm.
** If Vader is on the winning side, however, 3PO isn't quite so lucky.
*ButtMonkey: C-3PO. Not only does he get most of the more humiliating defeats when he's captured, but even the battles where he wins have him bumbling his way to victory.
*HoistByHisOwnPetard: If R2-D2 captures Darth Vader, he defeats him by stealing Vader's lightsaber out of his hands, and turning it on him.
*IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: The difficulty levels for the AI players are represented by portraits of the various characters in the game. From easiest to hardest, we have Chewbacca, C-3PO, Yoda, and Luke for the Rebel side, and a Stormtrooper, Boba Fett, Darth Vader, and the Emperor for the Empire side.
*ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: [[TropeNamer Naturally]], most of the Stormtrooper's losing animations have them take shots at the Rebels and miss.
*OffWithHisHead: A few of the battle animations have this.
** When Luke captures a Tusken Raider, Luke cuts the Raider's head off with his lightsaber. The body then subsequently gets pulled into a spontaneously appearing Sarlacc pit.
** If Boba Fett captures C-3PO, he backhands 3-PO in the face, causing his head to come unscrewed.
*RingOut: Chewbacca defeats the Emperor by throwing him off the board.
** Yoda also uses the Force to throw the Tusken Raider out of the board as well.
*ShockAndAwe: The Emperor uses Force lightning in all of the battle animations featuring him.
** If R2-D2 captures a Tusken Raider, he takes hold of the Raider's weapon, and electrocutes it, absolutely ''frying'' them.
*YourHeadAsplode: When Yoda captures a Stormtrooper, he uses a JediMindTrick to force the Stormtrooper to shoot themselves in the face, blowing their head clean off.
*YourSizeMayVary: In order to fit to scale with the other characters, the AT-ST walkers are drastically shrunk down to being the same size as the other characters.
