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{{Short description|1988 video game}}
{{Italic title}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Sargon 4
| image = Sargon 4 cover.jpg
| alt = 
| caption = 
| developer = 
| publisher = [[Company:Spinnaker Software|Spinnaker Software]]
| series = 
| engine = 
| platforms = [[Engineering:Macintosh|Macintosh]], [[Engineering:DOS|DOS]]
| released = December 1988<ref name="macworld">{{cite magazine |title=New Products - Sargon 4 |magazine=Macworld |date=December 1988 |page=216 |url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_8812_December_1988/page/n219/mode/2up |publisher=International Data Group |volume=5 |issue=12}}</ref>
| genre = [[Software:Strategy video game|Strategy]]
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer<ref name="start"/>
}}

'''''Sargon 4''''' is a 1988 chess video game published by [[Company:Spinnaker Software|Spinnaker Software]]. It is part of the ''[[Software:Sargon (chess)|Sargon]]'' series and a sequel to ''[[Software:Sargon III|Sargon III]]''.

==Gameplay==
''Sargon 4'' is a game in which 107 classic chess games taken from 1851 to 1980 are available to be replayed.<ref name="CGW63"/>

==Reception==
Roy Wagner reviewed the game for ''Computer Gaming World'', and stated that "''Sargon 4'' has a long standing reputation, but that alone will not give you everything that's wanted in a program. This is not to say that ''Sargon 4'' is not a good purchase. It is an outstanding chess playing partner, but lacks the features of the competition."<ref name="CGW63">{{cite magazine |last=Wagner |first=Roy |title=Chessmaster 2100 vs. Sargon 4 |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=September 1989 |issue=63 |pages=20–21 |url=https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gaming_World_Issue_63/page/n19/mode/1up }}</ref> [[Engineering:Atari ST|Atari ST]] magazine ''STart'' reviewed the Macintosh version and said "Sargon IV may be the best chess game you can run on an ST–but only if you use a Mac emulator like [[Software:Spectre GCR|Magic Sac or Spectre 128]]."<ref name="start">{{cite magazine |last1=Plotkin |first1=David |title=Mac and PC On The ST - Sargon IV and Printer Interface III |journal=STart |date=April 1989 |volume=3 |issue=9 |page=35-36 |publisher=Antic Publishing |url=https://archive.org/details/STart-Magazine-Issue-20/page/n35/mode/2up}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/1337/sargon-4/}}
*{{Internet Archive game|msdos_Sargon_4_1989|Sargon 4}}
*[https://archive.org/details/Tilt067/page/n51/mode/2up Review] in ''Tilt'' (French)


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[[Category:Chess software]]
[[Category:DOS games]]
[[Category:Video game sequels]]

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