Similar to a good record or song, some video games accompany me ever since I was first introduced to them. "The Sentinel" ("The Sentry" in the US) from 1986 is such a game. I was first introduced to it when I bought the tape version at a discount for my Commodore 64 (which was somewhere in late 1987).
I also played the AtariST, Amiga and ZX Spectrum versions, the latter being my favourite 8 bit version.
Today "The Sentinel" is often described as a "3D strategy game, involving resource management and timing". But back in the day the concept was absolutely new and often bulkily described as a "3D variant of the classic chess game".
And it seems that this game made an impression on other people as well, which is why there is a nice "fan remake" for modern systems: Pinnacle
https://viperfishgames.itch.io/pinnacle-a-fan-remake-of-the-1986-classic-the-sentinel
If you like those 1980s "chequerd floor" aesthetics and like to solve logic puzzles but do not yet know "The Sentinel", then you should try out "Pinnacle"
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