Chessking All To
| Filename | chessking-all-to-102.hqx |
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| Size | 78.0 KB (79879 bytes) |
| Downloads | 10 |
ChessKing is a Macintosh chess application from Esoteric Software in Arlington, Virginia, designed to let two people share a single computer and screen for a game of chess. The package supports several chess variants in addition to the standard rules. The chessking-all-to-102.hqx archive is the official updater that brings any earlier 1.00 or 1.01 install up to version 1.02.
Author and publisher
ChessKing was developed by Craig Shoemaker under the Esoteric Software label. The 1.02 updater was posted by craig.shoemaker@his.com to Info-Mac with a self-deprecating note acknowledging that not everyone has heard of chess.
Gameplay model
Unlike many era contemporaries that pitted a human against a computer engine, ChessKing focuses on hot-seat two-player chess. Both players take turns at the same Mac, with the application managing the board state, legal moves, and turn order.
Variants supported
The Macintosh Garden listing notes that the program permits "different variations of chess" beyond the orthodox game, a feature that distinguished it from straightforward chessboard utilities of the period.
Updater package
The chessking-all-to-102 archive on Info-Mac is specifically a patch, not the full game. Users without an existing 1.00 or 1.01 install needed to obtain the base ChessKing package separately before applying this update.
This file is part of the MacTrove archive. See the Thank You page for the upstream mirrors we rely on. It is BinHex encoded — use The Unarchiver to decode it.
