Chessmaster 9000 (Mac) | 
| From: Feral Interactive
List Price: $39.99
Buy New: $32.77
as of 11/24/2009 22:04 CST details
You Save: $7.22 (18%)
New (12) Used (3) from $32.77
Seller: Mac_Pro_Online
Rating:  22 reviews
Sales Rank: 3135
Format: DVD-ROM
Platforms: Mac, Mac OS X
Genre: Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Epic
Batteries Included: No
Age: 5 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 155
Model: 155
UPC: 644247001552
EAN: 0644247001552
ASIN: B0000VMIM2
Release Date: December 6, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
| |
| Features:
| • | Smart, popular chess software | | • | Learn how to play like a master | | • | Incredible 3-D sets, boards, and backgrounds | | • | Tons of features to improve learning | | • | For 1 or 2 players |
|
| Accessories:
|
| Similar Items:
| |
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Chessmaster 9000 places you where you must master one of history's great challenges -- the age-old game of chess! This new & improved chess engine features 150 different opponents, from beginner to Grandmaster level. Speed up the action in Speed Chess mode You are invited to test your brain by mastering history's greatest game!
|
| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
Really Good Game When Not Crashing! June 1, 2009
B. Bigman (USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Chessmaster 9000 (Mac)
Well, I was warned, but tried anyway, as we switched to Mac from many PC's in past.
The PC versions we have owned of Chessmaster 900 and Chessmaster 10th edition work just perfectly. They are really slick fun programs,(not needing the CD in to use either).
BUT, this MAC version which is an older Chessmaster program just CRASHES every once in a while. I did download two patches, but it STILL crashes at times and says "Sorry, but the program has ended unexpectedly".
So, reluctantly, I would recommend one waits until another version comes out to buy....MACS are a fine computer system, but this is very poor programming by the Feral company...
 Doesn't work with OSX May 27, 2009
Elaine Hoffman (Delafield, WI)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I tried installing this in two different MAC's (new) and both "quit unexpectedly". Feral claims there must be a problem with both new computers
 Chessmaster 9000 for Mac March 24, 2009
Michael A. Linneer (Sherman, TX)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is absolutly the best chess software for Mac OS X I've played. For Leopard, you must go to [...] and download the 1.1.2 Universal patch to upgrade the program for PPC, Intel, and Macbooks running at least OS 10.4.
Once you've installed the patch, the program runs without a hitch, or at least it does on my 20" iMac Intel 2 Duo Core, 10.5.6, 2 Gig RAM and my 13" Macbook. The DVD is required so I'm assuming there are voice and animation files that are not installed with the program.
Game play is fast paced as the clock defaults to a 5 minute blitz game, but that can be changed. The tutorials start easy and then get progressively harder and in-depth. Rated games pit you against a player with an EVO of about 100 pts. more than you, and as your rating increases so does your opponents. I've seen my game improve after just a few weeks using this powerful and easy to navigate program.
Chessmaster 9000 For Mac Will Not Run January 28, 2009
L. Spitzer
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Although it is not stated in the product description or on the box itself, this program will not run on OS X Leopard 10.5.6. Additionally, Feral Interactive never responded to various requests for support. The product had to be returned.
Wonderful & Endlessly Annoying January 17, 2009
mf59 (Los Angeles, Ca.)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I agree with all aspects of the positive reviews on this product, as well as the negatives. The overriding problem with Chessmaster 9000 is the requirement that the disk be inserted during use. If it just sat there unobtrusively it would be a mild annoyance. But it whirrs to life randomly and sometimes stays on for minutes at a time. This while you are playing a game that requires rigid attention. It should be marketed as a random distraction engine that will either force you to hone your skills despite the ambient periodic noise and vibration, or quit. If Feral could somehow get past this (this is 2009, there has to be a less intrusive way to protect their product)they would have the perfect game. This a great and terribly frustrating product.
Showing reviews 1-5 of 22
|
|
|
|
