Chess Titans
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Developers | |
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Oberon Games | |
Publishers | |
Microsoft | |
Release dates | |
Windows | January 30, 2007 |
Taxonomy | |
Genres | Chess |
Series | Microsoft Windows |
⤏ Go to series page | |
Reversi | 1985 |
Microsoft Solitaire (series) | |
Minesweeper | 1990 |
Hearts | 1992 |
3D Pinball for Windows - Space Cadet | 1995 |
Internet Backgammon | 2001 |
Internet Checkers | 2001 |
Internet Spades | 2001 |
InkBall | 2004 |
Chess Titans | 2007 |
Mahjong Titans | 2007 |
Purble Place | 2007 |
Hold 'Em | 2007 |
Tinker | 2008 |
Microsoft Ultimate Word Games | 2011 |
Microsoft Mahjong | 2012 |
Microsoft Minesweeper | 2012 |
Microsoft Bingo | 2013 |
Microsoft Jigsaw | 2014 |
Microsoft Sudoku | 2014 |
Microsoft Treasure Hunt | 2014 |
Key points
- Requires a workaround on Windows 8 and later (see Run on Windows 8 and later).
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | Bundled with Windows Vista and Windows 7. |
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
System | Location |
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Windows | %LOCALAPPDATA%\Microsoft Games\Chess Titans |
-
ChessTitans.xml
contains settings for windowed mode. -
ChessTitansMCE.xml
contains settings for Windows Media Center mode (launch with-mce
parameter).
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\Microsoft Games\Chess Titans |
Video
Graphics feature | State | Notes | |
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Widescreen resolution | For fullscreen mode, launch with -mce parameter. |
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Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | |||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | |||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | |||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Set the graphics quality slider to maximum. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | Native Windows Vsync. | ||
60 FPS and 120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | Only uses mouse. | |
Mouse acceleration | ||
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | ||
Controller | ||
Controller support | Only supports XInput controllers and Windows Media Center remotes. | |
Full controller support | ||
Controller remapping | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | On/off only. | |
Surround sound | ||
Subtitles | ||
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English |
Network
Multiplayer types
Type | Native | Players | Notes | |
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Local play | 2 | Hot seat |
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LAN play | ||||
Online play |
Issues fixed
Run on Windows 8 and later
- Chess Titans and other bundled games are unavailable after upgrading to Windows 8.
- The steps below make the Windows 7 version run on Windows 8 (there is no fix for the Vista version yet).
Fix Chess Titans compatibility[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
---|---|---|
Direct3D | 9 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | Depends on OS version. |
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | ||
Operating system (OS) | Vista, 7 | |
Processor (CPU) | 1 GHz | |
System memory (RAM) | 1 GB | |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 30 MB | |
Video card (GPU) | Aero-capable WDDM 128 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0 compatible Shader model 2.0 support |