Video Chess

Home * Engines * Video Chess

Video Chess Screen [1] Video Chess,

a chess program for the Atari 2600 Video game console released by Atari in 1978, developed by Larry Wagner and Bob Whitehead (Graphics) in 6502 Assembly, the game AI with the help of Julio Kaplan [2]. According to Larry Wagner, Video Chess was developed as a direct result of a customer who complained that the (original) Video Computer System box showed a picture of chess, but that no chess game existed [3]. Bank switching ROMs was pioneered for earlier prototypes of Video Chess that were larger than four kilobytes, however the released version ended up fitting the standard 4K size [4].

Atari Catalog 1981#

Atari Catalog 1981 Scan, Video Chess [7]

See also#

• Computer Chess
• Video Game Console Engines

Publications#

• John Urwin (1979). Two New Programs Are Tested. Personal Computing, Vol. 3, No. 12, pp. 71 » MyChess

Forum Posts#

• Atari 2600 Video Chess by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, December 29, 2013

External Links#

• Video Chess from Wikipedia
• Video Chess for Atari 2600 (1979) - MobyGames
• Video Chess for Atari 2600 (1979) MobyRank - MobyGames
• AtariAge - Atari 2600 - Video Chess (Atari)
• Atari 2600 Manual: Video Chess (1978)(Atari) hosted by the Internet Archive [8]
• MESS in a browser! - Atari 2600: Video Chess hosted by the Internet Archive [9]

References#

1. ↑ A screenshot of Video Chess (1979), Video Chess from Wikipedia
2. ↑ Tekla E. Perry, Paul Wallich (1983). Design case history: the Atari Video Computer System. IEEE Spectrum, March 1983, “Doing the ‘impossible’: chess”
3. ↑ DP Interviews with Bob Whitehead by Scott Stilphen
4. ↑ Video Chess from Wikipedia
5. ↑ Venetian Blinds from Wikipedia
6. ↑ Bob Whitehead from Wikipedia
7. ↑ HuguesJohnson.com: Atari Catalog 1981 Scans
8. ↑ Atari 2600 Video Chess by Steven Edwards, Hiarcs Forum, December 29, 2013
9. ↑ Multi Emulator Super System - Wikipedia

Up one Level