controls were panned as limited, with Smith annoyed that the player could only rotate in 360 degrees and in one direction. Reviewers also suggested the game should've had a higher amount of 3D boards. Most reviewers particularly bashed the chess-piece-clearing animations, unfavorably comparing them to those in Battle Chess; they were labeled as gimmicks that were "repetitive," "annoying," lost their appeal quickly, looked "jerky and slow" and "shamefully amateur"; Smith opined the only way for them to stay appealing is if they were fully-rendered in-game animations instead of separate video cutscenes. The segments, however, garnered a few positive commenters; Schneider described them as a far cry from Battle Chess, but they manage to be funny for a while and kids will probably dig them, and Skorupa wrote they were nicely done and looked great, but after a few games the players will turn them off. Notes References External links 1998 video games Chess software Nintendo 64 games Nintendo 64-only games Titus Software games Video games developed in France