Board Game / Board Game - Battle Ships · 1991

Battleships

Published by 16Bit Pocket Power Collection · Developed by [n/a]

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Information

Genre: Board Game - Battle Ships
Language: Machine Language
Controls: Mouse
Players: 1, 1 vs. 2
Resolution: Low
Programmer(s): Bak, Steve
Graphic Artist(s): Lyon, Pete
Game design: [unknown]
Musician(s): [unknown]
Sound FX: [unknown]
Year: 1991
Publisher: 16Bit Pocket Power Collection
Distributor: Prism Leisure
Developer: [n/a]
Licensed from: -
Country: United Kingdom
Software: English
Box/Instructions: English, French, German
License: Commercial
ST Type: ST, STe, Falcon030, 0.5MB
Version: [Re-release]
Number of Disks: 1, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.8/10 · Votes: 535 · Downloads: 3,120 · Hits: 6,789

Additional Comments

Finnish release distributed by Triosoft.

Screenshots (13)

Cover Art (2)

Instructions (1)

Trivia (3)

Conversion - Atari 8-bit

Cover game

Battleships was featured in the cover of C+VG issue September 1987.

Releases

First 8-bit releases reviewed in UK multiformat magazines for ZX Spectrum (8/1987), Commodore 64 (8/1987), Amstrad CPC (8/1987)
First 16-bit releases reviewed in UK Atari or multiformat magazines for Atari ST (11/1987), Amiga (4/1988)

Based on the review data, the Atari ST version was released first on the 16-bit market in Europe, and ported later for other 16-bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (3)

The Games Machine · December, 1987 · Rating: 65%

ST Action · June, 1988 · Rating: 66%

Zero · May, 1990 · Rating: 55%

Comments (1)

IntoTheVerticalBlank — 2 Jul 2022
An exquisitely designed and coded version of the classic board game. One or two players, great atmosphere, graphics and sound.