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"Battleships" is a computerized version of the famous board game "Battleship", developed and released by Elite in 1987 on the Atari ST.
00:00 Title screen
00:28 1 player game (vs IA)
18:34 Victory
The difference with the board game is that you can change the shapes of the ships to be more Tetris style, and allowing these to be placed at each of the 4 main angles. A ‘Salvo Fire’ mode sees each player fire a succession of shots (each of your six ships gets four shots a turn until it’s sunk), meaning that strategic play involves firing on a wide range initially in the hope of finding a ship, before homing in on the area in the next turn. Finally, there’s an animated sequence for each go, which is depicted as an air strike. As well as standard two-player games, there’s also a multi-player mode in which the winner’s score accumulates until he loses, allowing for a “winner stays on” structure if there are 3 or more of you.
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"Battleships" is a computerized version of the famous board game "Battleship", developed and released by Elite in 1987 on the Atari ST.
00:00 Title screen
00:28 1 player game (vs IA)
18:34 Victory
The difference with the board game is that you can change the shapes of the ships to be more Tetris style, and allowing these to be placed at each of the 4 main angles. A ‘Salvo Fire’ mode sees each player fire a succession of shots (each of your six ships gets four shots a turn until it’s sunk), meaning that strategic play involves firing on a wide range initially in the hope of finding a ship, before homing in on the area in the next turn. Finally, there’s an animated sequence for each go, which is depicted as an air strike. As well as standard two-player games, there’s also a multi-player mode in which the winner’s score accumulates until he loses, allowing for a “winner stays on” structure if there are 3 or more of you.
atarimania.com/game-atari-st-battleships_8688.html
atarilegend.com/games/games_detail.php?game_id=701
