Software:Sargon V: World Class Chess

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Short description: 1992 video game
Sargon V: World Class Chess
Sargon V cover.jpg
European cover art
Publisher(s)Activision[1]
Producer(s)Nic Lavroff[2]
Designer(s)
  • Nic Lavroff
  • Chuck Romberger[2]
Programmer(s)Dr. Destructo[2]
Artist(s)Rich Payne[2]
Composer(s)Russell Lieblich[2]
Platform(s)MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS
Release
  • February 1992 (DOS)[3]
  • June 1995 (Mac)[4]
Genre(s)Computer chess
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Sargon V: World Class Chess is a 1992 chess video game published by Activision. It is part of the Sargon series.

Gameplay

Sargon V features VGA graphics and supports sound cards. The game supports 2D and 3D game views.[5] The game features a mode where the computer replays famous games by chess masters. Another mode has the player take a role of a chess master and guess the moves they made.[4]

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Amiga Joker71%[7]
MacFormat63%[8]
PC Joker77%[9]
Play Time69%[5]

Game Players PC Entertainment wrote: "Activision's chess title isn't quite as challenging as Grandmaster Chess, but the vast majority of chess fans will find Sargon V more than strong enough to keep them playing for quite a while."[1] PC Joker rated the game about equal to Chessmaster 3000, the German language option was noted as the most significant feature above the competition.[9] Amiga Joker compared the DOS version with 12 other chess programs in a special Strategy issue and Sargon V was rated the fourth highest.[7] Play Time compared the game unfavorably to Chessmaster 3000.[5] Génération 4 called the game a "classic" and "perfectly realized".[3] Tilt said: "if it is not the most beautiful chess program, World Class Chess is currently the strongest (even superior to the remarkable Chess Champion)."[6]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Puzzles, Board, Card & Word Games - Sargon V". Game Players PC Entertainment (GP Publications, Inc.) 5 (7): 56. 1992. https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Volume_5_Issue_7_Holiday_1992/page/n57/mode/2up. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 undetermined. Sargon V: World Class Chess. MS-DOS. Activision. Scene: "About" page (includes game version and staff credits). 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Micro Test - World Class Chess" (in French). Génération 4 (41): 94. February 1992. https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-041/page/n47/mode/2up. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "New Products - Sargon V: World Class Chess". Macworld (International Data Group): 48. June 1995. https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9506_June_1995/page/n49/mode/2up. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Borovskis, Thomas (1992). "Review - Sargon V World Class Chess" (in German). Play Time (8–9/92): 40. https://retrocdn.net/images/f/ff/PlayTime_DE_1992-0809.pdf. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harbonn, Jacques (February 1992). "Hits - PC - World Class Chess" (in French). Tilt (Editions Mondiales S.A.) (99): 58–60. https://archive.org/details/Tilt099/page/n57/mode/2up. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Knobeln & Schieben - Schach dem Computer" (in German). Amiga Joker (Joker-Verlag): 66–69. https://archive.org/details/AmigaJokerSonderheft5Strategie/page/n67/mode/2up. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 
  8. ↑ "Game Reviews - Sargon V". MacFormat (Future plc) (24): 126–127. May 1995. https://www.macintoshrepository.org/41651-macformat-24-may-1995-. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Brainstorm - Sargon V World Class Chess vs. Chessmaster 3000" (in German). PC Joker (Joker-Verlag) (2/92): 32. March-April 1992. https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=18521. Retrieved 27 April 2023. 

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