🚀 RARE 1979 VIDEOMASTER STAR CHESS – VMV14 🚀

⭐ FULLY WORKING • ORIGINAL BOX • MANUAL • POWER SUPPLY ⭐

A fantastic opportunity to own an unusual and highly collectable piece of early British video gaming history!

For sale is an original 1979 Waddingtons Videomaster Star Chess electronic TV game console, model VMV14, complete with its original illustrated retail box, protective packaging, instruction/command manual, original power supply and registration paperwork.

✅ FULLY WORKING AND TESTED

The game has been tested and confirmed fully working. It is in very good overall cosmetic condition for its age, with an attractive dark blue/grey finish, colourful controls and original smoked transparent hinged cover.

🎮 ABOUT STAR CHESS

Released in 1979, Star Chess combines the strategy of traditional chess with futuristic space warfare.

Two players command opposing fleets of spacecraft across a chess-style battlefield displayed on a television screen.

Features include:

• 🚀 Spacecraft replacing traditional chess pieces
• 💥 Missile attacks and defensive shields
• 🌌 Hyperspace warp manoeuvres
• 🎯 Two-player strategic gameplay
• 🔊 Built-in sound effects and speaker
• 🕹️ Two integrated handheld-style controllers
• ✨ Distinctive smoked transparent hinged protective cover

The game was produced by Waddingtons Videomaster Ltd and is an unusual example of early dedicated home video game technology.

📦 INCLUDED IN THIS SALE

✅ Original Videomaster Star Chess console – model VMV14

✅ Two original integrated controllers

✅ Original smoked transparent hinged cover

✅ Original illustrated Star Chess retail box

✅ Original protective polystyrene packaging

✅ Original Star Chess command manual/instructions

✅ Original Videomaster registration and guarantee paperwork

✅ Original UK mains power supply

🔍 CONDITION

Console: Very good vintage cosmetic condition, with light age-related marks and signs of handling.

Operation: Fully working and tested.

Controllers: Both original controllers present.

Cover: Original smoked transparent protective cover present, with some light surface wear.

Power and sound switches: The small plastic slider caps appear to be absent; please examine the close-up photographs.

Original box: Present, but showing substantial age-related storage wear, rubbed edges, creases and a large area of missing printed surface on one side. Please study the photographs carefully.

Packaging and paperwork: Original protective inserts, manual and registration paperwork are included, with age-related wear.

📋 ITEM SPECIFICS

• Brand: Videomaster / Waddingtons
• Model: Star Chess VMV14
• Year: 1979
• Type: Dedicated home TV game console
• Game: Star Chess
• Players: 2
• Genre: Strategy / Space Combat / Chess
• TV Connection: Vintage RF television connection
• Country of Manufacture: Hong Kong
• Condition: Used – fully working

🌍 COLLECTORS & INTERNATIONAL BUYERS

An unusual piece for collectors of early video game consoles, 1970s electronics, British gaming history and retro technology.

The original box and accompanying documentation make this a particularly appealing display and collector's example.

📸 The photographs form an important part of the description and show the exact item you will receive.

Carefully packed for dispatch to protect the vintage console, original packaging and paperwork.

Thank you for looking!

📦 Shipping & Postage

• UK Buyers: Dispatched quickly via Royal Mail Fully tracked in a secure box with extra packing to ensure safe transit.
• International Buyers: Proudly shipping worldwide exclusively through the eBay Global Shipping Programme (GSP). All international tracking, customs clearance, and import duties are calculated automatically at checkout. 
• No hidden fees or unexpected charges upon delivery and fully tracked every step of the way from my door to yours. 🙂
• Same day postage: Will be posted the day you buy it to get to you quickly.