Author: Fernando Villegas
Date: 19:34:32 06/22/98
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On June 22, 1998 at 17:47:11, Oliver Y. wrote: >I just purchased Virtual Chess 64 (Nintendo). >It has enough bugs to make me seriously consider returning it. >Just wanted it for an amusement, it only looks at 3000 positions per second, >according to the manual. > >It seizes up if you try and back up the moves, or when you move too quickly in 4 >vs. computer mode. > >I've seen screens with mostly kings on the board, though the former pieces still >move around as they did before, pieces move as other pieces, etc. > >The graphics are limited to something less than 40 or so short, violent scenes, >which is tasteless enough to prevent one from buying it for a 4-8 year old. > >This post is simply to help the odd consumer decide. Don't worry, Oliver; I cannot imagine nobody here purchasing a nintendo kind of chess softwwre Fernando > >What a pity, the software designers need all the encouragement they can get, >looks like they rushed this one out too soon. > >One can set up positions, but one doesn't learn any of the lines that the >computer is considering. No infinite mode, max is 3hour mode.
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