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Xiàngqí

Traditional games theme

A chess variant from China. The board uniquely has 'Palace' & 'River' areas that modify or restrict the movements or points of some pieces

19
games
10
platforms

Alternate names: 象棋, Chinese chess, Elephant game

Chinese Chess (Linux)
Chinese Chess
LIN 2009
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess (MS-DOS)
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
DOS 1990
Board (Linux)
Board
LIN ? *
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess (Amiga OCS)
Battle Chess II: Chinese Chess
OCS 1991
Creatom (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Creatom
NES 1991
Chinese Chequers (BBC Micro)
Chinese Chequers
BBC 1985
Chinese Chess (MS-DOS)
Chinese Chess
DOS 1985
Chinese Chess: The Science of War (Amiga OCS)
Chinese Chess: The Science of War
OCS 1989
Chinese Chess Grand Master (MS-DOS)
Chinese Chess Grand Master
DOS 1989
Chinese Chess (Nintendo Entertainment System)
Chinese Chess
NES 1991? *
Xiangqi: The Chinese Game of Chess (MS-DOS)
Xiangqi: The Chinese Game of Chess
DOS 1989
Classic Compendium 2 (Gizmondo)
Classic Compendium 2
GIZM 2005-10-14
Xiàngqí (象棋) translates to "elephant board game", the latter word is hard to translate to English properly as it is specifically a group of board games (including Japanese shogi), though chess seems to be accepted approximation.

Chinese chess may also be a mislabeling of Chinese checkers

Popular tags

backgammon chess shogi

Parent groups

Board games, Chess variant

Games by year

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The first Xiàngqí video game was released in 1985.

Interplay published all these games.

Platforms

MS-DOS 5
Linux 4
NES 2
Amiga 2
Gizmondo 1
Epoc 1
Mega Drive 1
NeXT 1
BBC 1
WinCE 1

Most common companies

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