Author: Dave Gomboc
Date: 09:58:09 05/20/99
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On May 20, 1999 at 03:19:11, Micheal Cummings wrote: > >On May 20, 1999 at 02:53:40, Bert Seifriz wrote: > >>On May 19, 1999 at 20:42:29, Micheal Cummings wrote: >> >>>Apart from setting the standard for low priced top of the world PC chess >>>software which makes other chess makers tremble. Now chessmaster with its >>>gameboy chess software will now be able to take control of the hardware market >>>for portable chess software. >>> >>>Lets look at the Novag Sapphire, which cost around $500 where I come from. And >>>now look at a gameboy for $79, plus the game $30. If this machine can match the >>>top portables, plus you get a screen to play chess with, and a Analysis fuction, >>>then it is going to destroy the portable chess market. >>> >>Hi, sorry to say so, but this is nonsense. Dedicated chess computers in >>all sizes exist because there are people who want to move pieces instead >>of looking on a screen. >>Secondly as you wrote yourself this is Chessmaster 2. In fact there was/is >>already a Chessmaster (5000) available for the Gameboy and this destroyed >>nothing. >>Third it plays so weak on a Gameboy that it is not interesting to many >>people. Besides, the kids who run around with a Gameboy prefer other >>games! >>All in all, this is no competition for anybody! > >Chessmaster II is what the playstation program is called. As for the new >gameboy, It only stated Chessmaster for color Gameboy. > >I got an email from chessmaster saying that the new one will be very much >stronger and different. They say that it will take advantage of the faster color >game boy chip. And they made the comment that when they stated that it was for >begginer to grandmaster, that is what you will be offered. > >So I think we will just have to wait and see how good it is. > >And the most interesting comment from them is that the playstation version of >chessmaster will take advantage of the new faster and powerful playstation that >is to hit the market soon. And current estimates suggest that it will be around >2500 USCF strength or stronger. And it will be very mch like CM6K for the PC. > >All I can say is that people like to underestimate the chessmaster. Earlier >versions for the PC were good but not great, now it is on top of the world. We >have had versions on both PSX and Gameboy, I think they are just fine tuning now >they will destroy :-) Sorry to burst your bubble :), but someone from the SSDF here already mentioned briefly that CM 6000 had dumped about 25 elo on its list since the last list release. (Not that this makes it a weak program or anything!) I'm just pointing out that it is unlikely to stay at the "top of the world". >I am actually more interested in the playstation version, I have one of those, >but not a gameboy. Dave
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