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Majestic Chess, (Hoyle Majestic Chess [2] [3])
a Windows chess program dedicated to the mass market, featuring an adjustable game AI and personalities, a variety of 3D chess boards and pieces, 2D boards, single- and multi-player and adventure modes, online play, and chess teaching tutorials. Majestic Chess was developed by Fluent Entertainment, Inc. [4], founded by former Mindscape product manager Donald W. Laabs, released in 2003 by Vivendi and Sierra, with John Merlino as associate producer, and David Bringhurst in DirectX graphics [5] and GUI programming involved [6]. The chess engine is based on WChess 2000 by David Kittinger [7] .
Screenshot
Majestic Chess - Start Screen [8]
Associated People
Programmer & Producer
Chess Consultants
See also
Reviews
- Hoyle Majestic Chess Review by Jeff Lackey, GameSpot, September 10, 2003 [9]
- Strategie- und Aufbauspiele: Majestic Chess - Technik & Motor - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, February 10, 2005 (German)
Forum Posts
2003
- Hoyle Majestic Chess : Head-To-Head with ChessMaster? by Anthony Martini, CCC, July 10, 2003
- Hoyle Majestic Chess goes gold! by John Merlino, CCC, July 25, 2003
- Question for John Merlino...re:Majestic Chess by Mike Byrne, CCC, July 30, 2003
- Majestic Chess website is live -- free demo download! by John Merlino, CCC, August 12, 2003
- Majestic Demo by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 12, 2003
- Majestic /Pocket PC by Mike Byrne, CCC, August 15, 2003
- inbetween log with majestic chess by Mike Byrne, CCC, August 16, 2003 » InBetween
- Wb2Uci log for Majestic Chess engine in Arena by David Dahlem, CCC, August 16, 2003 » Arena
- First Impressions about Majestic by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 24, 2003
- Request to Majestic Chess team by Mridul Muralidharan, CCC, October 28, 2003
2004 ...
- Just a couple of thoughts (For steven Blincoe) by Fernando Villegas, CCC, May 03, 2004
- Majestic Chess Program by Fernando Villegas, CCC, April 10, 2005
- Life is Unfair: the Majestic Chess Case by Fernando Villegas, CCC, August 07, 2007
External Links
Chess Program
- Hoyle Majestic Chess for Windows (2003) - MobyGames
- Hoyle Majestic Chess - GameSpot
- Majestic Chess Screenshots - Softpedia
- Hoyle Majestic Chess [PC], YouTube Video
Hoyle
- according to Hoyle - Wiktionary
- Edmond Hoyle from Wikipedia
- Hoyle - Wiktionary
- Hoyle (disambiguation) from Wikipedia
- Hoyle Casino from Wikipedia
- Hoyle's Games
Majestic
References
- ↑ Hoyle Majestic Chess for Windows (2003) - MobyGames
- ↑ Edmond Hoyle from Wikipedia
- ↑ majestic - Wiktionary
- ↑ Fluent Entertainment, Inc. - MobyGames
- ↑ Re: Majestic /Pocket PC by John Merlino, CCC, August 15, 2003
- ↑ Re: Historical Chessmaster ? by John Merlino, CCC, April 24, 2005
- ↑ Re: Hoyle Majestic Chess : Head-To-Head with ChessMaster? by John Merlino, CCC, July 10, 2003
- ↑ Screen capture from the Majestic Chess Video
- ↑ Review Of Majestic Chess by Anthony Martini, CCC, September 12, 2003