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Revision as of 23:26, 21 August 2014

Chess Titans
Chess Titans cover
Developers
Oberon Games
Publishers
Microsoft
Release dates
Windows January 30, 2007
Chess Titans on Wikipedia

Key points

Requires a workaround on Windows 8 and newer (see Run on Windows 8 and newer).

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Bundled with Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Error: key type '{{{5}}}' not recognised
Error: OS parameter cannot be empty

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

Template:Game data/row
System Location
ChessTitans.xml contains settings for windowed mode.
ChessTitansMCE.xml contains settings for Windows Media Center mode (launch with -mce parameter).

Save game data location

Template:Game data/row
System Location

Video settings

General settings.

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Template:Audio settings

Issues fixed

Run on Windows 8 and newer

Chess Titans and other bundled games are unavailable after upgrading to Windows 8.
The steps below make the Windows 7 version run on Windows 8 (there is no fix for the Vista version yet).
Instructions

System requirements

Windows
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Vista, 7
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM)
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Video card (GPU) Aero-capable WDDM
128 MB of VRAM
DirectX 9.0 compatible
Shader model 2.0 support