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Battleships (video game)

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Developer(s)Elite Systems
Publisher(s)Elite Systems
Platform(s)ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Amiga
Release
Genre(s)Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)Single-player

Battleships is the international title of a video game based on the classic board game. The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet (six ships) without him sinking the player's fleet first.

This version of the game had the particularity of allowing fire by salvos of up to 24 shots, depending on the number of unsunk ships the player had. After all shots were placed by the player, a scene showing a ship firing its guns at the enemy fleet was played, showing hits and damage. The game could be played in Hotseat, since each player's fleet placement was never shown after the game had started proper.

There also have been other versions of the battleship game for various consoles and handheld devices, including Battleship.

Reviews

References

  1. ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 071". September 1987.
  2. ^ "The Games Machine Magazine Issue 02".
  3. ^ "Commodore User Magazine Issue 48". September 1987.
  4. ^ "Aktueller Software Markt (ASM) Magazine (October 1987)". October 1987.
  5. ^ "ST Action - Volume 1 Issue 2 (1988-06)(Gollner Publishing)(GB)". June 1988.
  6. ^ "CVG Magazine Issue 103". June 1990.
  7. ^ "Amiga Reviews: Battleships".
  8. ^ "Info - Issue 24 (1989-01)(Info Publications)(US)". January 1989.
  9. ^ "Your Sinclair Magazine Issue 33". September 1988.
  10. ^ "Zero Magazine Issue 07". May 1990.
  11. ^ "ACE Magazine Issue 08". May 1988.
  12. ^ https://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=2650 [bare URL]