A strange little side quest
Between one round of Auto Necrochess and the next, this is worth knowing: The word 'checkmate' is linked to the Persian expression 'shah mat', used when the king was trapped. And the history keeps stacking up: Midway's Gun Fight from 1975 was the first arcade video game to use a microprocessor. That is the kind of background detail that makes another attempt at Auto Necrochess feel a bit more connected to the history of play.