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The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess

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The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess
The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess cover
Developers
The Software Toolworks
Publishers
The Software Toolworks
Release dates
DOS 1993
Windows 3.x 1993
The Software Toolworks' Star Wars Chess on Wikipedia

Warnings

The Windows 3.x version of this game does not work on 64-bit versions of Windows (see Availability for affected versions).
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General information

MobyGames entry
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Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
DOS
Retail
Disc check (requires the CD/DVD in the drive to play)
Windows 3.x
This game is not available digitally.

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SWCHESS.CFG

Save game data location

System Location
DOS <path-to-game>\SWCHESS.SAV
Windows <path-to-game>\STARWARS.CMG[Note 1]

Video settings

Template:Video settings

Input settings

Template:Input settings

Audio settings

Available languages (Win16).
Available languages (Win16).

Template:Audio settings

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
Spanish
German

Change of language in DOS version

Change the configuration file
  1. Install the game normally.
  2. Edit <path-to-game>\SWCHESS.CFG.
Possible language codes: ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, GERMAN.

Network

Multiplayer types

Type Native Players Notes
Local play
2 Hot seat
LAN play
Online play

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
DOS video modes VGA
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 5.0
Processor (CPU) Intel 80386
System memory (RAM) 1 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Sound (audio device) 8-bit sound card
Windows 3.x
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

  1. 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).

References