Battle Ships

Welcometothepast.TothetimeswhengameswereplayedonhugegamingconsolesconnectedtoaTV.Itwasawonderfultime,butunfortunately(orfortunately)oldthingsreplacedbynewones,timespassesandmanythingshavebeenforgotten.Thisgameisafineexampleofthis.

Thebestnon-traditionalseabattlewasreleasedsolongtimeagothateveryoneforgotaboutit.Butsomebodyisstillremembersaboutitandhappytoplayfavoritegameofhischildhood.Gamehasbeenchangesnotsomuch,butthisisstillthatgameweplayedwithpleasureinfar90’s.

Thisisn’tseabattleweusedtoplayonthecopybooksheets.Thisseabattlewasinventedlongtimeagoandwaspublishedin1980-1990onmanygameconsolesandcomputersofthattime:ZX-Spectrum,Atari,Commodore64,AmstradCPC.

->Gamerulesarethesameforallversionofthegame:

Thereisa20x20field.Youandyouropponentsetownfleet,consistsof6shipshavingdifferentshape.Minimumdistancebetweenshipsmustbeonecell.Almosteveryshipcouldberotatedincludingdiagonally.

Playersattackeachotheronebyone.Eachplayerhas24shots(4shotsforeachsurvivedship,includingsalvomode).Playerplacesshotsthenstartsattack.Wreckedshipsaremarkedonthemapinred,slips-inblue.Afterfirstplayerattack,asecondplayerstartshis.Andsoonuntiloneoftheplayerswillnotdestroytheentireenemyfleet.Afterthevictoryofoneoftheplayers,lostplayercanseesecretmapshowsplaceswherewerenotwreckedships.

ThegamecanbeplayedsolooragainstAI.

->Thisversionhassomebonuses:

*Thegamecanbefinishedbyperformingvariousquestsduringbattleswithartificialintelligence.

*ThePROversionhasproprietarymodefromDecipixelGames,inwhichtheplayercanspecifythedimensionsoftheplayingfield,thenumberofshipsinvolvedinthebattleandthenumberofshots,pickingidealgameforhimself.