<s>
Laser	B-Application
Chess	I-Application
is	O
a	O
two-player	O
,	O
strategy	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
from	O
1987	B-Application
,	O
modeled	O
as	O
a	O
board	O
game	O
with	O
chess-like	O
pieces	O
,	O
most	O
of	O
which	O
have	O
mirrored	O
surfaces	O
,	O
and	O
one	O
of	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
laser	O
cannon	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laser	B-Application
Chess	I-Application
first	O
appeared	O
in	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
'	O
s	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
Disk	O
&	O
Magazine	O
in	O
1987	B-Application
,	O
written	O
in	O
Modula-2	B-Language
,	O
winning	O
the	O
$	O
5,000	O
first	O
prize	O
in	O
a	O
programming	O
competition	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
written	O
in	O
BASIC	O
and	O
machine	B-Language
language	I-Language
were	O
published	O
in	O
the	O
June	O
1987	B-Application
issue	O
of	O
Compute	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
,	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Apple	B-Device
II	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Atari	B-Device
8-bit	I-Device
family	I-Device
as	O
type-in	O
programs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Laser	B-Application
Chess	I-Application
has	O
been	O
re-implemented	O
many	O
times	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
,	O
including	O
a	O
variant	O
Advanced	O
Laser	B-Application
Chess	I-Application
with	O
a	O
larger	O
board	O
and	O
additional	O
pieces	O
,	O
or	O
the	O
new	O
variant	O
"	O
LASER	B-Application
CHESS	I-Application
:	O
Deflection	O
"	O
bringing	O
a	O
level	O
editor	O
,	O
more	O
and	O
more	O
pieces	O
like	O
portals	O
available	O
on	O
Steam	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
teleporter	B-General_Concept
piece	O
can	O
teleport	O
pieces	O
that	O
it	O
lands	O
on	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
MS-DOS	O
re-implementation	O
by	O
Peter	O
Venable	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
pieces	O
move	O
like	O
normal	O
Chess	B-Application
pieces	O
on	O
a	O
9x9	O
board	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
laser	O
moving	O
like	O
a	O
king	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
turn	O
consists	O
of	O
making	O
any	O
number	O
of	O
rotations	O
to	O
one	O
's	O
pieces	O
followed	O
by	O
either	O
playing	O
a	O
Chess	B-Application
move	O
or	O
firing	O
the	O
laser	O
.	O
</s>
