| Genre: | Game: Board |
| Publisher: | CDS |
| Cover Art Language: | English |
| Machine Compatibility: | Spectrum 48K, Spectrum 128K |
| Release: | Professionally released on Cassette |
| Available For: | Amstrad CPC464, BBC B/B+/Master 128, BBC/Electron, Commodore 64, Spectrum 48K & ZX Vega |
| Compatible Emulators: | ZXSpin (PC (Windows)) Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
| Original Release Date: | 1st September 1986 |
| Original Release Price: | £9.95 |
| Market Valuation: | £2.50 (How Is This Calculated?) |
| Item Weight: | 64g |
| Box Type: | Cassette Single Plastic Clear |
| Author(s): | Martin Bryant & Carl Cropley |
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Computer Gamer
1st September 1986
The computer opponent is not only a very strong player, it is also extremely smug as it has the cheek to suggest moves for you to play and then gleefully announces that it will get checkmate in four moves. Read Review
Sinclair User
17th January 1988
Average chess game with a fair level of playability, but there are better ones on the market. Read Review
Your Sinclair
1st October 1986
Colossus is impressive in its options and should please anybody who's looking for some hard core pawn action, but if you want a prettier, albeit less demanding game, you may do better elsewhere. Read Review
ZX Computing
1st October 1986
If you want a chess program to stretch you to the limit, there is nothing to touch Colossus and I recommend it to anyone with an interest in Chess. Read Review
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 | A digital version of Colossus Chess 4 suitable for ZXSpin (PC (Windows)), Nutria (PC (MS-DOS)) |
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