Sargon V: World Class Chess
{{Short description|1992 video game}}
{{use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Sargon V: World Class Chess
| image = Sargon V cover.jpg
| caption = European cover art
| developer =
| publisher = Activision
| producer = Nic Lavroff{{cite video game |title=Sargon V: World Class Chess |trans-title= |developer=undetermined |publisher=Activision |date= |platform=MS-DOS |version=1.10 |scene="About" page (includes game version and staff credits) |level= |language= |quote= }}
| designer = {{unbulleted list|Nic Lavroff|Chuck Romberger}}
| writer =
| engine =
| series =
| platforms = MS-DOS, Classic Mac OS
| released = {{unbulleted list|February 1992 (DOS)|June 1995 (Mac){{cite magazine |title=New Products - Sargon V: World Class Chess |journal=Macworld |date=June 1995 |page=48 |publisher=International Data Group |url=https://archive.org/details/MacWorld_9506_June_1995/page/n49/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023}}}}
| genre = Computer chess
| modes = Single-player, multiplayer
}}
Sargon V: World Class Chess is a 1992 chess video game published by Activision. It is part of the Sargon series.
Gameplay
Sargon V features VGA graphics and supports sound cards. The game supports 2D and 3D game views. The game features a mode where the computer replays famous games by chess masters. Another mode has the player take a role of a chess master and guess the moves they made.
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| TILT = 18/20{{cite magazine |last1=Harbonn |first1=Jacques |title=Hits - PC - World Class Chess |journal=Tilt |date=February 1992 |issue=99 |pages=58–60 |url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt099/page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023 |publisher=Editions Mondiales S.A. |language=French}}
| rev1 = Amiga Joker
| rev2 = MacFormat
| rev2Score = 63%{{cite magazine |title=Game Reviews - Sargon V |journal=MacFormat |date=May 1995 |issue=24 |pages=126–127 |url=https://www.macintoshrepository.org/41651-macformat-24-may-1995- |publisher=Future plc}}
| rev3 = PC Joker
| rev3Score = 77%{{cite magazine |title=Brainstorm - Sargon V World Class Chess vs. Chessmaster 3000 |journal=PC Joker |date=March–April 1992 |issue=2/92 |page=32 |url=https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=18521 |publisher=Joker-Verlag |language=German |access-date=27 April 2023}}
| rev4 = Play Time
}}
Game Players PC Entertainment wrote: "Activision's chess title isn't quite as challenging as Grandmaster Chess, but the vast majority of chess fans will find Sargon V more than strong enough to keep them playing for quite a while."{{cite magazine |title=Puzzles, Board, Card & Word Games - Sargon V |journal=Game Players PC Entertainment |date=1992 |volume=5 |issue=7 |page=56 |publisher=GP Publications, Inc. |url=https://archive.org/details/Game_Players_PC_Entertainment_Volume_5_Issue_7_Holiday_1992/page/n57/mode/2up |access-date=27 April 2023}} PC Joker rated the game about equal to Chessmaster 3000, the German language option was noted as the most significant feature above the competition. Amiga Joker compared the DOS version with 12 other chess programs in a special Strategy issue and Sargon V was rated the fourth highest. Play Time compared the game unfavorably to Chessmaster 3000. Génération 4 called the game a "classic" and "perfectly realized". Tilt said: "if it is not the most beautiful chess program, World Class Chess is currently the strongest (even superior to the remarkable Chess Champion)."
References
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External links
- {{moby game|id=/17/sargon-v-world-class-chess}}
- {{Internet Archive game|msdos_Sargon_5_-_World_Class_Chess_1991|Sargon V: World Class Chess}}
{{Sargon series}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sargon 05}}