Battleship (video game)

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Battleship

Developer(s)	Mindscape
Publisher(s)	Mindscape
Release date(s)	1993
Genre(s)	Turn-based strategy
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	NES Sega Game Gear
Media	Cartridge

Battleship is an NES and Sega Game Gear video game based on the classic board game of the same game. The object is to sink the opponent's entire fleet without him sinking the player's fleet first. In this updated version, both the player and the computer gets extra firepower from military aircraft and support weapons. There are even scenarios that start a player off in a pre-played game that he must resume (and overcome a bleak scenario). This video game was mentioned in an old issue of Nintendo Power.

There was a sequel on the Super NES, Super Battleship.

[edit] Weapons

Cannons are the most notable weapons of combatant ships. The user can attack an enemy vessel by aiming the sight and pushing the button.

Torpedoes are another type of ammunition equipt. They are explosive and powerful. However, they are slower than the cannons.

Depth Charges are weapons used against submarines and underwater mines. The user must first adjust at what depth the charges will detonate before launching them.

Missiles are the most powerful and among the weapons. Though a ship could only equipt up to two of them, they can sink a ship of any size in only one blow.