Chess 500: two pixel-art armies with banners marching toward a checkerboard

A PLAYDATE GAME

Chess where every capture is a fight.

Complete chess with Amiga-style animated battles, character voices, and a crank that rewinds time.

Coming soon to Catalog For Playdate · 1–2 players · Crank optional
Animated capture: two pieces fight it out on the board

Land on a piece. Watch it go down swinging.

Underneath, it's a complete, honest game of chess. But move onto an occupied square and the board clears for an animated duel: spearmen clash, knights charge, and the king himself steps up when he has to.

Every piece marches, fights and talks with a personality of its own.

Inspired by Battle Chess, Interplay's 1988 classic that turned every capture into a brawl on the Amiga 500. The name is a nod to that machine.

Every capture, a battle

Each piece fights with its own weapon, moves and voice lines.

CPU or hotseat

Take on the CPU at the difficulty you like, as White, Black or a coin flip. Or pass the Playdate to a friend and the board flips each turn.

The crank rewinds time

Undock it mid-game to scrub back through every move, then crank forward and play on.

Saves itself

Put the Playdate down and your game is waiting when you come back.

Every game archived

Finished games land in your history, ready to replay battle by battle.

Accessible

Respects Reduce Flashing and Upside Down mode for left-handed play.

GAME REVIEW

Take your games off the Playdate.

  1. 1Finish a gameWin, lose or draw, it's saved to your history.
  2. 2Show its QR codeOpen the game from your history and bring up the replay code.
  3. 3Scan and replayStep through every move on your phone or computer, flip the board, and share a link with whoever you just beat.
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On the Playdate

Chess 500 title screen with 1 player and 2 player options New game setup Picking a move on the board A capture battle in progress A king in check

CHESS 500

All the rules, none of the mercy.

Coming soon to Catalog