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Heyyy! This is pretty. Lots of nice chunky animated graphics, good sound and an original concept. But wait a minute - how do you actually play this game? There're no instructions on how to play it. They tell you how to load it, what controls to use, who wrote the game and designed the graphics - but no game details! Talk about frustrating.

After a bit of detective work, we found out how to play this original arcade version of chess. You play the part of a little chap - or is it a girl? Not quite sure about this one either - could this be the first game with added gender benders?

Anyway, you have to cross the chess board, drawn in 3D perspective several times, battling various chess piece opponents - including knights, bishops, queens and the like.

The actual chess board can turn nasty too - zapping you when you least expect it. And the crowd - even worse than a bunch of Millwall fans - throw things at you. And chess is supposed to be a quiet game!

Lots of nice touches in Micro Classic's game - including a really nice loading screen which shows your hero asleep in bed with a chess board nearby. The game is supposed to be his or her nightmare you see.

Lots of black marks for the inadequate instructions - but the good news is that The Chess Game is an original and interesting game.