4.2
Release Date calendar
1986
Platform joystick
Commodore 64
Game Type type
Released
Max Players players
1
Overview

The Turk, also known as the Mechanical Turk or Automaton Chess Player was a fake chess-playing machine constructed in the late 18th century. From 1770 until its destruction by fire in 1854 it was exhibited by various owners as an automaton, though it was eventually revealed to be an elaborate hoax. Constructed and unveiled in 1770 by Wolfgang von Kempelen to impress the Empress Maria Theresa of Austria, the mechanism appeared to be able to play a strong game of chess against a human opponent, as well as perform the knight's tour, a puzzle that requires the player to move a knight to occupy every square of a chessboard exactly once. This is a chess game modeled after the mechanical Turk of Kempelen's construction, but this one is the real deal.

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Cooperative

No

ESRB

Not Rated

Genres
Board Game
Developers
Andromedia Software
Publishers
Sierra On-Line
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