Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
{{Short description|1990 video game}}
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| developer = Interplay Productions
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| platforms = Amiga, MS-DOS, MacOS, Windows
| released = 1990
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}}Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess is a 1990 video game published by Interplay Productions. It is a xiangqi game in which the pieces on a green field split down the center by a river, are placed at the intersecting points where the field is divided vertically by nine lines and horizontally by ten.
Gameplay
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Reception
Ken St. Andre reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "Technically excellent in many ways, Battle Chess II simply isn't as much fun as its predecessor. Of course, someone in China might totally disagree."{{cite magazine |last=St. Andre |first=Ken |authorlink=Ken St. Andre |title=Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess: With II You Get Eggroll |magazine=Computer Gaming World |date=May 1991 |volume=1 |issue=82 |pages=24, 26}}
Paul Rand for CU Amiga rated the game 87% said that "there are far worse games available than Battle Chess II" for players wanting something a little different and good to look at.{{Cite web|url=https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/battlec2.htm#battlechess2cu|title = Amiga Reviews: Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess}}
Amiga Action gave the game a score of 86% and proclaimed that the game should not be missed due to its professionalism.{{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_6144|title = Battle Chess 2 review from Amiga Action 24 (Sep 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
John Davison for Games-X rated the game 4 Xs.{{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_10398|title=Battle Chess 2 review from Games-X 15 (Aug 1991) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
Neil Jackson for Amiga Format rated the game 76% and praised the animations as attractive and highly amusing.{{Cite web|url=https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/battlec2.htm#battlechess2af|title = Amiga Reviews: Battle Chess 2: Chinese Chess}}
Chris Jenkins for ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment) rated the game 895 and recommended the game for players looking for a challenge to "master a novel version of the endlessly fascinating game of chess".{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/ace-magazine-40/page/n61/mode/2up|title = ACE Magazine Issue 40|date = January 1991}}
Bob Guerra for Compute! said that this game brings the same excitement of the original game to Chinese chess.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/1991-05-compute-magazine/page/n167/mode/2up|title = Compute! Magazine Issue 129|date = May 1991}}
Tom Malcom for Info gave the game 3 stars and was less impressed by this game than the original.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/info-magazine-44/Info_Issue_44_1991_Nov/page/n27/mode/2up|title = Info Magazine Issue 44}}