Battleships

Moby ID: 206348

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Released: 1979 on Compucolor II
Credits: 1 person

Moby Score: n/a

Genre: Puzzle
Strategy / tactics
Perspective: Top-down
Visual: Fixed / flip-screen
Pacing: Turn-based
Interface: Text parser
Vehicular: Naval / watercraft

Business Model: Commercial
Input Devices Supported/Optional: Keyboard
Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

See Also

Battleships (1978 on Commodore PET/CBM, 1982 on Commodore 64)
Battleships (1978 on Mainframe)
Battleships (1979 on Commodore PET/CBM)
Battleships (1982 on ZX81)
Battleships (1991 on DOS)

Description

Battleships is a computer implementation of the board game Battleship. The play is one-sided. The computer has hidden their fleet in a 10x10 grid and the player must fire shots at grid coordinates in an attempt to hit and sink the battleship, two cruisers and three destroyers. The game features and easy and difficult setting. At difficult setting the player fires salvos of three consecutive shots before the results are announced.

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Genre: Board game - Battleship

Credits (Compucolor II version)

Authored by

A. W. Grogono

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MobyGames ID: 206348

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Game added by vedder.

Game added August 4, 2023. Last modified August 4, 2023.