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Vivendi Universal Hoyle Majestic Chess

Vivendi Universal Hoyle Majestic Chess

Sports Game - PC - MPN: 71972 See Product Details

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Product Details of Vivendi Universal Hoyle Majestic Chess

Description

THE KING OF ALL CHESS PC GAMES! Hoyle Majestic Chess is a unique chess game featuring a variety of play styles, traditional and non-traditional learning mechanisms, challenging online play and multiple chess-based challenges. With the abundance of options, Majestic Chess is uncharacteristically accessible to all levels of players, providing hours of fun for both the expert as well as the casual gamer who enjoys puzzles and board games. A top-notch chess product from members of the original Chessmaster team, Majestic Chess can go head to head with Chessmaster on any feature point AND includes "Chess Adventure" - an entirely original game that introduces the fun of chess by presenting a variety of challenges and puzzles in the context of a larger adventure.

Quick Glance

Game Genre: Sports Game

Compatible OS: PC

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Media Format: CD-ROM

Summary

Product Title: Vivendi Universal Hoyle Majestic Chess

Manufacturer: Vivendi Universal

Power Score: 4.2 | 4 Reviews

Software

Game Genre: Sports Game

ESRB Rating: E (Everyone)

Media Format: CD-ROM

General

Class: Software-Entertainment

Category: Entertainment

System Requirements

Required Operating System: PC

System Requirements: Minimum System Requirements: Windows 98/2000/XP CPU 500 MHz Pentium III RAM 128 MB Video 16 MB supporting Direct3D and DirectX 8.1 56.6 kbps modem for multi-player Recommended System: Windows 98/2000/XP CPU 800 MHz Pentium III RAM 256 MB Video 32 MB supporting Direct3D and DirectX 8.1 56.6 kbps modem for multi-player

More Info

URL: Manufacturer Link

Additional Specifications

Software Name: Hoyle Majestic Chess

Software Main Type: Game

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Reviews on Vivendi Universal Hoyle Majestic Chess

  • 4
  By member: jarmuszr - Apr 6, 2006

Hoyle Majestic Chess

Strengths: The kids love the game. The music is good. Fun to try to beat the computer with different configurations during the adventure. Such as King and 3 pawns against King, pawns, rooks. Great for kids.

Weakness: It would not run on any of my 3 computers. Had to research to find a config file that needed modification. UI is clunky for playing computer. Cannot get network play to work.

Kids love to play with it. Not good for kids that cannot read but my daughter helps my son play. The graphics are good but the interface a little clunky when playing against the computer. Not standard UI so takes a while to figure how to setup new game. To fix the issue with running on Win 2000 or XP do the following: Edit Majestic ChessresUser.ini and change 32bit_color to 0.

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  • 4.0
  GameSpy - Oct 23, 2003

Hoyle Majestic Chess

The last chess game I reviewed, Chessmaster 9000, was extremely competent. It offered tons of difficulty levels, extensive training, multiple types of boards , and well, it was able to kick my ass. Majestic Chess is all of that and then some. Except for a few missteps, developer Fluent Entertainment has stepped up to the challenge, in some ways surpassing its only competition.

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  • 4.2
  IGN.com - Sep 8, 2003

Hoyle Majestic Chess

Hoyle Majestic Chess tries to dispel the old myth that chess is boring. Like the fondly-remembered Battle Chess, Majestic Chess creates fresh excitement not through any variation of the classic chess rules so much as through a radical reworking of the presentation of the game. You're still playing traditional chess with traditional pieces on a traditional board, but now you can do so in a...

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  • 4.3
  GameZone - Aug 30, 2003

Hoyle Majestic Chess

Chess is Chess. Whether you’ve played Chess before or seen someone else play Chess, you probably know something about it. Hoyle Majestic Chess gives the player an opportunity to play a regular game of chess. Or if you’re an experienced player, you can play against other players online. But as the name suggests, Hoyle Majestic Chess provides a twist on a standard game of chess, the Adventure...

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