Summary
probably my favorite game as a kid
The Good
This game had me hooked for years as a kid. It was totally engrossing, which is more than I can say for a lot of newer strategy games. The scenarios were well thought out and often offered the player numerous options. The best was that moment of anticipation when two squadrons would engage, the game would zoom in, and you'd have to make that critical decision in realtime as to how to approach the enemy's line, taking into account the ships involved, wind, damage, opposing commander, etc. The manual was awesome as well. It didn't just tell you how to play the game - it had basically an entire section within the manual illustrating tactics, recountings of famous historical battles, pirates, etc. This game actually got me interested in learning more about old sailing ships...
The Bad
Well after many years mine began to crash - I think that was just because the disk I was using started to become corrupt from so much use (yes this was in the days before most people had hard drives. :) ) The graphics were extremely cheesy too, since it only supported 4-color CGA.
The Bottom Line
An excellent and underrated strategy game, still fun today if you can get past the cheesy graphics.
