National Lampoon’s Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1

National Lampoon’s Chess Maniac 5 Billion and 1 description

In front of you is nothing like Battle Chess authored by MicroProse. About the reasons spodvigshaya giants strategic genre envy the creation of Interplay, not hard to guess – while Sid Meier and the company developed the original concept, the firm of Brian Fargo almost every year produced sprinkled with tinsel game, that came from the depths of centuries, each time managing it and more to sell. And so, determined to make chess with even more humor, the best quality graphics and many animations, the developers have set to work.

It is worth to say that it is like a chess simulator game failed. And it's not that the camera is at a rather awkward angle, which makes somewhat difficult the replacement of figures, and in artificial intelligence that plays very poorly and not able to build any scheme, nor to oppose it. Therefore, to win on the Board even a beginner, especially if you read the manual.

All is made solely for humorous entertainment aspect that becomes clear immediately after the start of the game. Before the opening video we welcomed a Chess Maniac, talking voice is retarded (me most of all, he reminded Tom of Tom from the "Hotel "one Million dollars" WIM Wenders, although, given the year of release, the prototype had to be different), then start the launch titles, also performed very original. Then have to answer a series of questions and select one of the game modes – classic shapes or creatively recycled. First - classic mode - switch is not necessary due to the weak artificial intelligence: the play will be uninteresting. So turn on the sake of what, actually, the developers tried.

There has been a battle between Persian and some abstract medieval European army. The rules of the game almost completely preserved the same as in the classical version, only the role shapes play digitized live actors. Moving around the field occur under comments Chess Maniac who voiced each move (for example, F2 – F4), and occasionally makes comments. In that case, if one player takes an opponent's piece, playing one of the animations that are unique to each specific collision. Video sequences vary, that is, if one pawn to consistently pick up two other people, you will be shown different scenes. Sometimes on the field happen any unexpected events: the Board runs over a dog, jumping colorful or girl appeared out of nowhere to hand trying to steal your figure. And Yes, in case of victory or defeat will also show you a video.

In the end, we are dealing with a technologically advanced (for its time) game that doesn't make sense to play more than two or three parties. MicroProse lost, made conclusions and more to the chess theme, didn't come back.

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Source: Archive.org, Mobygames.com