Chess Mega Bundle

Chess finally has its own 200-in-1 multicart. Atomic, 960, double 960, Horde, three-player and four-player chess - if you can name a chess variant, it's probably in here. The design is functional but very bare - you can pick different board and piece designs, but it's missing a couple of niceties present in other chess clients. In particular, there's no move list or analysis board, which is disappointing (if understandable -- I don't envy the person who has to figure out algebraic notation for a circular board). The sound effects are also missing alerts for captures or checks. You will want a friend to play with: I haven't found any open games online at the time of writing. While there is an AI which mostly adapts well to the different variants, the real fun is in playing against people who make horrible mistakes because they forgot pawns move sideways now, and take advantage of your mistakes in turn (because you also forgot pawns move sideways) It won't be your main chess client, but for the price Chess Mega Bundle is a great diversion after an extended bout of blitz/rapid chess.

I have two things to say about this game. Good point - It does have many Chess variants and many of them are played online at various Chess sites. Bad point - The GUI for this game is in serious need of work if this game is to compete with similar programs already on the market that also offer many variants and in some cases are free. The GUI in my opinion does not look professional, especially when compared to other computer programs. If the GUI were dramatically updated I would consider changing my evaluation of this program. In a program of this type a very useful feature is one that highlights legal moves when a piece is clicked. Having this feature when actually playing a game is very useful as it is easy for players to forget how pieces move when playing a game the first few times.