Chess Multiverse

Chess Multiverse is the first game in the Chess Multiverse series.
A sequel, Chess Multiverse II, released in 2005.
==Details==
Developer(s)
Team17
Publisher(s)
Activision
Series
Chess Multiverse
Platform(s)
PlayStation 2
PlayStation Portable
Xbox
GameCube
Microsoft Windows
Mac OS X
Release
May 11, 2004 (PS2, Xbox, GameCube and PC)
March 24, 2005 (PlayStation Portable)
Genre(s)
Strategy
Mode(s)
Single-player, multiplayer
==Gameplay==
The rules of the game are just the default rules of chess. During a game, selecting a piece will show the available places to move to. When an available square is selected, pieces walk one or jump two spaces to it and queens, bishops and rooks run three or more spaces to that square. When captured, pieces do a certain death explosion depending on the piece that captured it before the capturing piece moves to the square the captured piece was standing on.
===Mission Mode===
In mission mode, the player plays a three-round chess tournament against the AI. In the first game the AI is at easy difficulty, in the second game the AI is at medium difficulty and in the third and final game, the AI is at hard difficulty. When the player wins the final game, the theme the match was played in gets unlocked in free mode. If the player loses or the game ends in a stalemate, the player has to rematch.
===Free Mode===
Themes can be unlocked in free mode by completing their tournament in mission mode. In this mode, the player can choose the difficulty of the game when playing against the AI. Multi-player mode can also be selected here. Alternatively, the player can watch the computer play against itself.
==Sets introduced in this game==
All chess sets mentioned below released before 2004.
*DC Superheroes Chess Set
*Disney Villains Chess Set
*Fantasia
*LEGO Chess Pirate Theme
*LEGO Chess Western Theme
*Looney Tunes
*Marvel Pressman Chess Set
*Mickey Mouse
*Peanuts
*Purple Team: Two as One Human King Chess Set
*Purple Team: Two as One Human Rook Chess Set
*Scooby-Doo (Dracula as the Bishop and the Witch Doctor as the Knight)
*Scooby-Doo (The Witch Doctor as the Bishop and the Dracula as the Knight)
*South Park
*Star Trek: The Next Generation
*Star Trek: The Next Generation Commemorative Chess Set
*Star Trek Commemorative Chess Set
*Star Wars (1993)
*Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace
*Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones
*The Flintstones
*The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
*The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
*The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
*The Muppets
*The Simpsons (1991)
*The Simpsons (2000)
*Walt Disney's Chess Set
*Winnie the Pooh
*Zachary, Grace and Lexia Chess Set
Category:Zachary, Grace and Lexia
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