The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess
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Developers | |
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The Software Toolworks | |
Release dates | |
DOS | 1993 |
Windows 3.x | 1993 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Chess |
Series | Star Wars |
Warnings
- The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Retail |
- This game is not available digitally.
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SWCHESS.CFG |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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DOS | <path-to-game>\SWCHESS.SAV |
Windows | <path-to-game>\STARWARS.CMG[Note 1] |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | |||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | For DOSBox toggle with Alt+↵ Enter (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | |||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | For DOSBox use an unofficial build (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | ||
60 FPS | |||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | For DOSBox set in the DOSBox configuration file. | |
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | For DOSBox use the DOSBox Mapper (see the glossary page for other workarounds). |
Controller types |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | Master only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | For DOSBox change the priority background value in the DOSBox configuration file. |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Spanish |
Change of language in DOS version
Change the configuration file |
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Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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DOS video modes | VGA |
Executable | 16-bit | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm. |
System requirements
DOS | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 5.0 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 80386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 MB | 2 MB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 40 MB | |
Sound (audio device) | 8-bit sound card |
Windows 3.x | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Windows 3.1 | |
Processor (CPU) | Intel 80386 | |
System memory (RAM) | 4 MB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | ||
Sound (audio device) | MPC-rated sound card | |
Other | MSC-DEX 2.2.1 |
Notes
- ↑ When running this game without elevated privileges (Run as administrator option), write operations against a location below
%PROGRAMFILES%
,%PROGRAMDATA%
, or%WINDIR%
might be redirected to%LOCALAPPDATA%\VirtualStore
on Windows Vista and later (more details).