Dexter’s Laboratory: Chess Challenge is a chess game for the Game Boy Advance, developed by Virtucraft and published by BAM! Entertainment. Modelled on Battle Chess, it uses standard chess rules with four themed piece sets belonging to Dexter, Dee Dee, Mandark, and Major Glory. Captures trigger short animations of one piece defeating another, and the effect can be switched off. Tournament mode pits you against the other three sets.
How To Play Dexter’s Laboratory: Chess Challenge
Control
Action
D-Pad
Move the cursor around the board; highlight options on the menus and set-select screen
A
Pick up the highlighted piece and place it on the destination square; confirm a menu selection
B
Cancel the selected piece or back out of a menu
L / R
Cycle through your remaining pieces and page through option lists
Start
Pause the match and open the menu
About Dexter’s Laboratory: Chess Challenge
Release date
NA: October 29, 2002
Developer
Virtucraft
Publisher
BAM! Entertainment
Platform
Game Boy Advance
Genre
Board game, chess
Series
Dexter’s Laboratory
Modes
Single-player Tournament mode against three computer opponents, plus four further modes
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